Publications of John King

Note: The following printer, bookseller, or publisher lists are works in progress. They are generated from title page imprints and may reproduce false and misleading attributions or contain errors.

What does "printed by" mean? How to read the roles ascribed to people in the imprints.

In terms of the book trades, the lists below are sorted into up to four groups where: the person is designated in the imprint as having a single role:

  1. "printed by x"; or
  2. "sold by x"; or
  3. "printed for x" or "published by x";

or as having the seller and printer roles in combination, or an absence of the printer's name following "London: printed:" or "London: printed,":

  1. "printed and sold by x"; or "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x"; or "printed: and sold by x"; or "printed, and sold by x";  and so on.

On this last point, trade publishers may seem to have "printed" or "published" the work, though they did not own the copyright. The lists below reflect only the information on the imprint, except where ESTC provides extra information.

See also "The Meaning of the Imprint."

Printed by John King

  • A Breviat chronicle containing al the kynges, from Brute to this daye, and manye notable actes, gathered out of dyuers chronicles, from Wyllyam Conqueroure, vnto the yeare of Christ M.v.C.Liiii : with the mayors, and shyryffes of the cyty of London. [S.l.: J. King, 1554]. ESTC No. S415. Grub Street ID 148242.
  • Taverner, Richard. [The garden of wysdome conteynynge pleasaunte floures, that is to saye, propre and quicke sayinges of pri[n]ces, pilosophers and other sortes of men. Drawen forth of good aucthours, by Richarde Tauerner. Newly recognised and augmented.]. [London: J. King, 1556?]. ESTC No. S95474. Grub Street ID 153472.
  • Fitzherbert, Anthony. In this booke is conteyned the offyce of shyryffes, baylyffes of lybertyes, escheatours, constables, and coroners, and sheweth what euery one of them maye do by vertue of these offices drawen oute of bookes of the commen lawe and of the statutes. [London]: Imprinted at London, in Crede Lane, by John King, [1558?]. ESTC No. S4296. Grub Street ID 148351.
  • [The treaty[se of Syr Lamwell.]]. [London: J. King, 1560]. ESTC No. S125060. Grub Street ID 144345.