Publications of Vavasour Harris

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 Vavasour Harris

  • Pearse, Salem. The coelestial diary: being an ephemeris for the year of our blessed Saviour's incarnation, 1719. ... By Salem Pearse,. London: printed by V. Harris, for the Company of Stationers, 1719. ESTC No. T55815. Grub Street ID 282382.
  • Bunyan, John. Come and welcome, to Jesus Christ: or, a plain and profitable discourse on John VI. verse xxxvii. Shewing, The Cause, Truth, and Manner of the Coming of a Sinner to Jesus Christ; with his Happy Reception, and Blessed Entertainment. Written by John Bunyan, Author of, The Pilgrim's Progress. Entered in the Hall-Book of the Company of Stationers, pursuant to Act of Parliament. The twelfth edition.. London: printed by Vavasour Harris, at the Golden Boar's-Head, in Grace-Church-Street: and sold by H. Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1719. ESTC No. T58473. Grub Street ID 284594.

Sold by Vavasour Harris

  • Keach, Benjamin. War with the devil: or, the young-man's conflict with the powers of darkness. In a dialogue. Discovering the corruption and vanity of youth ; the horrible Nature of Sin, and deplorable Condition of Fallen Man. Also a Definition, Power, and Rule of Conscience, and the Nature of true Conversion. To which is added, an appendix, containing a Dialogue between an old Apostate, and a young Professor. Worthy the Perusal of all, but chiefly intended for the Introduction of the Younger Sort. The eighteenth impression. By B. Keach, Anthor of Sion in Distress, or the Croans of the Protestant Church. Licensed and Entred according to Order. London: printed for H.P. and sold by V. Harris at the Golden Boar's Head Grace-Church street, [1720?]. ESTC No. T122159. Grub Street ID 172886.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Vavasour Harris

  • Ward, Edward. Female policy detected: or, the arts of a designing woman laid open. In three books. I. Of their Allurements, Inconstancy, Love Revenge, Pride and Ingratitude. II. A Pleasant and Profitable Discourse in Defence of Married Men, against Pevish, Fretful, Scolding Wives; with several Notable Examples of the Mischiefs and Miseries which have attended their Lust and Pride. III. And Lastly, a Character of a Vertuous Woman; or, Wife indeed. London: printed and sold by Benj. Harris at the Golden Bear's Head, in Grace Church-Street. and Vavasour Harris, in Wine-Street Bristol, MDCCII. [1702]. ESTC No. T78900. Grub Street ID 300607.
  • Author of An elegy from the Dutch.. The solemnity of the muses, at the funeral of King William III. By the author of An elegy from the Dutch. London: printed and sold by Benj. Harris, at the Golden Boar's-Head in Grace-Church-Street, and V. Harris, in Windstreet, Bristol, M... [1702]. ESTC No. T175493. Grub Street ID 212574.
  • The Protestant tutor enlarg'd; or, a new school-book for the reformation of manners; instructing youth, and others, in the compleat method of spelling, reading, and writing true English: discovering to them the errors and deceits of the Papists, and grounding them in the true Protestant religion. . London: printed; and sold by B. Harris; and V. Harris, Bristol, 1707. ESTC No. N37675. Grub Street ID 25630.
  • The universal jester: or, a compleat book of jests. Containing a pleasant variety of English jests, Irish Jests, Oxford Jests, Cambridge Jests, Coffee-House Jests, Novels, Bulls, Stories, Jokes, and Puns, &c. To which is added, Hell in an Uproar; or, A Scuffle between ... Lawyers and Physicians for Superiority. ... Satyr. London: printed and sold by Vavasour Harris, at the Golden-Boars Head in Grace-Church-Street, 1718. ESTC No. T65137. Grub Street ID 290053.