Publications of John &

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 &

  • The free mason's pocket companion; containing, the origin, progress, and present state of that ancient fraternity; the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland; lists of the grand masters and other officers of the Grand Lodge of Scotland; their customs, charges, constitutions, orders and regulations: For the Instruction and Conduct of the Brethren. Also, A complete Collection of Masonic Toasts, Songs, Prologues, Epilogues, &c. Lists of all the Regular Lodges in Scotland and England; and many other Particulars, for the Use of the Society. To which is now added, a collection of the most approved English, Scotch, and Irish songs. Air: printed by John & Peter Wilson . Tor J. & J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh; W. Anderson, Stirling; J Duncan & Son, J. & M. Robertson, J & W. Shaw, And A. Macaulay, Glasgow, M,DCC,XCII. [1792]. ESTC No. N18659. Grub Street ID 8128.

Sold by John &

  • Low, Nathanael. An astronomical diary: or almanack, for the year of Christian aera 1799. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston in America. Latitude 42 degrees, 23 minutes north. Longitude 70 deg. 37 min. 15 sec. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in the kingdom of Great Britain; and 72 deg. 57 min. 15 sec. west of the Republican Observatory at Paris, in France. But will serve for any of the adjacent states. By Nathanael Low. [Six lines of verse]. Boston: Printed and sold by John & Thomas Fleet, at the Bible and Heart, Cornhill. Where may be had their Register & pocket almanack, for 1799. (Copy rights secured.), [1798]. ESTC No. W14009. Grub Street ID 323383.

Printed for John &

  • Hall, Thomas, haberdasher. An account of the curious and interesting trial of Thomas Hall, late haberdasher on the South Bridge, Edinburgh, before the High Court of Justiciary, in January and February 1789; for fraud and wilful imposition, In the Months of May, June, and July last. Containing, The Indictment, Proof, and other Procedure, With AN Elegant Speech made by the Pannel, Verdict of the Jury, &c. &c. Edinburgh: printed for John & James Ainslies, Bookseller, No. 4. St Andrew's Street, New Town, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]. ESTC No. N15057. Grub Street ID 4791.