Publications of John Torbuck

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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 Torbuck

  • Ward, Edward. The modern courtier: or the ambitious statesman's advice to his son. In order to his advancement at c------t. A poem. In five canto's. Written by a noble L----d to his son. London: printed and sold by J. Torbuck, in Clare-Court, Drury-Lane; and by the Booksellers and Publishers in Town and Country, [1741]. ESTC No. T65494. Grub Street ID 290411.

Printed for John Torbuck

  • Woolston, Thomas. The old apology for the truth of the Christian religion against the Jews and Gentiles revived: Wherein is shewn Against the Jews, that Christ is the Prophet like Moses, doing all those Signs, Wonders and Judgments before and upon the Emperors and Empire of Rome, which Moses wrought upon Pharaoh and Egypt, untill the Heathen Emperors and the Gentiles, like Pharaoh and the Egyptians, were drown'd and overwhelm'd in the Red Sea. And Against the Gentiles, that God in Christ Jesus did manifest his Divine Authority to the Emperors and the Gentiles in the best and properest manner that can be imagined; and that they were very inexcusable for Persecuting the Church, and no sooner departing from Idolatry to the Worship of him. By Thomas Woolston, B. D. Fellow of Sidney-Sussex College in Cambridge. London: printed for John Torbuck Bookseller in Clare-Court near Drury-Lane, MDCCXXXII. [1732]. ESTC No. T77102. Grub Street ID 299317.
  • Goodwin, Timothy. The life and character of that eminent and learned prelate, Dr. Edward Stillingfleet, Lord Bishop of Worcesetr. [sic] In which is contained, an account of the controversies of those times, wherein his lordship was concerned with the CHurch of Rome, Dissenters, Deists, and Socinians. Together with some account of his other works. To which prefixed a table of contents. The second edition.. London: printed for John Torbuck, in Clare Court, near Drury-Lane, M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]. ESTC No. T55962. Grub Street ID 282543.
  • Alberoni, Giulio. Cardinal Alberoni's scheme for reducing the Turkish empire to the obedience of Christian princes: and for a partition of the conquests. Together with a scheme of a perpetual dyet for establishing the publick tranquility. Translated from an authentick copy of the Italian manuscript, in the hands of the Prince de la Torella, the Sicilian Ambassador, at the Court of France. The second edition.. London: printed for J. Torbuck; in Clare-Court, Drury-Lane, and sold at the pamphlet-shops at the Royal Exchange, Temple-Bar, and Charing-Cross, 1736. ESTC No. N26640. Grub Street ID 16007.
  • Barber, Rev. James, M.A.. The farmer's daughter: or, the art of getting preferment. To which is added, The female skirmish: or the tripple plea. London: printed for J: Torbuck in Clare-Court near Drury-Lane; and W: Smith at Lord Chancellor Talbot's-Head near Serle's-Gate Lincolns-Inn, [1737?]. ESTC No. T87098. Grub Street ID 307181.
  • Floyer, John. The art of preserving old men's healths, explain'd: in twenty chapters. With an appendix, concerning the use of oils and unction, in some diseases. And a method, from a Florentine physician, of curing convulsions and epilepsies, by external operation. By Sir John Floyer, Kt. of Litchfield, M. D. The second edition, corrected. To which is added, A letter to the Hon. Mr. Ch----- St----- concerning the regimen of the health of the younger years and adults, as Galen has describ'd them. London: printed for J. Torbuck, in Clare-Court, near Drury-Lane; and E. Torbuck, at the Half-Moon in Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]. ESTC No. N14576. Grub Street ID 4372.
  • Barber, Rev. James, M.A.. The farmer's daughter: or, the art of getting preferment. To which is added, The female skirmish: or, the tripple plea. London: printed for J: Torbuck; and W: Smith, [1738]. ESTC No. N46496. Grub Street ID 31332.
  • Barber, Rev. James, M.A.. Tom K----g's: or, the Paphian grove. With the various humours of Covent Garden, the theatre, The Gaming-Table, &c. A Mock-Heroic-Poem, in three cantos. The second edition. To which is added, a dedication to Mrs. K----g, and the Author's Apology to such Gentlemen as think themselves personally reflected on in this Poem. London: printed for John Torbuck, in Clare-Court near Drury-Lane; J. Robinson, the Corner of Moiden-Lane, in Southampton-Street, Covent-Garden; G. Spavan, next the Feathers Tavern against St. Clement's-Church in the Strand; and sold at the pamphlet shops, at the Royal-Exchange, Temple-Bar, and Charing-Cross, [1738]. ESTC No. T87097. Grub Street ID 307180.
  • Burnet, Thomas. Archæologiæ philosophicæ: or, the ancient doctrine concerning the originals of things. Written in Latin by Thomas Burnet, L.L.D. Faithfully translated into English. Containing I. Moses's description of paradise. . London: printed for J. Torbuck in Clare-Court, Drury-Lane, [1740?]. ESTC No. N29504. Grub Street ID 18632.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by John Torbuck

  • Ward, Edward. The modern courtier: or the ambitious statesman's advice to his son, in order to his advancement at c---t. A poem. In five canto's. Written by a noble L---d to his son. London [i.e. Edinburgh?]: printed and sold by J. Torbuck, [1741?]. ESTC No. N5088. Grub Street ID 34909.