Publications of M.F., and

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 M.F., and

  • Hall, Joseph. The old religion: a treatise wherein is laid down the true state of the difference betwixt the Reformed and Roman Church, and the blame of this schism is cast upon the true authours. Serving for the vindication of our innocence, for the setling of wavering minds, for a preservation against popish insinuations. By the reverend father in God, Joseph Hall, late Lord Bishop of Excester. London: printed by M.F. and are to be sold by William Freeman, at the Artichoke next St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, MDCLXXXVI [1686]. ESTC No. R9782. Grub Street ID 129827.