Publications of S.L. and

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 S.L. and

  • E., L.. A plain defence of the Protestant religion, fitted to the meanest capacity: being a full confutation of the net for the fishers of men, published by two gentlemen lately gone over to the Church of Rome. Wherein is evidently made appear, that their departure from the Protestant religion was without cause or reason. Written for publick good by L. E. a son of the Church of England, as by law established. London: printed by S.L. and are to be sold by R. Taylor, near Stationers-Hall, 1687. ESTC No. R221936. Grub Street ID 96006.

Printed for S.L. and

  • Horneck, Anthony. The fire of the altar: or, Certain directions how to raise the soul into holy flames, before, at, and after, the receiving the blessed sacrament of the Lord's Supper. With suitable prayers and devotions. To which is prefix'd A dialogue betwixt a Christian and his own conscience, concerning, the true nature of the Christian religion. The eighth edition. By Anthony Horneck D.D. late Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, and Prebendary of Westminster. London: printed for S.L. and are to be sold by T. Bever at the Hand & Star within Temple-Bar, 1698. ESTC No. R214964. Grub Street ID 90103.