Publications of John Pike

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 John Pike

  • Venning, Ralph. Milk and honey: or A cluster of Canaans grapes gleaned out of the vineyard of Mr. Ralph Venning. Minister of the Gospel, into an alphabetical order. Perused by him, and approved before his death. London: printed for John Pike bookseller at Shaftsbury in Dorset-shire, [1674?]. ESTC No. R224266. Grub Street ID 97958.

Author

  • Pike, John. A loyal subjects loveing advice: or, The only way to happiness heare and heareafter, is to fear God and honour the King, which is to be obtained by earnest prayer. This may be printed November the 11th 1685. R.L.S. London: printed for Peter Pike, 1685. ESTC No. R2545. Grub Street ID 109060.