Publications of Tho. Mercer

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 for Tho. Mercer

  • Divine of the Church of England.. The grand problem briefly discussed: or, Considerations on the true nature and limits of obedience and submission to governours. With respect to the different forms of an absolute and limited monarchy. By a divine of the Church of England. London: Printed for Tho. Mercer at the Royal Exchange in Corn-hill, and sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall, 1690. ESTC No. R28666. Grub Street ID 111717.