Publications of Edward Griffin the first

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 Edward Griffin the first

  • Scot, Tho. Philomythie or Philomythologie. wherin outlandish birds, beasts, and fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely. By Tho: Scot Gent. London: [Printed by Edward Griffin] for Francis Constable at the white Lyon in Paules Church:yard, 1616. ESTC No. S116837. Grub Street ID 136524.
  • Hitchcock, John, M.A. A sanctuary for honest men. Or An abstract of humane wisdome. Contayning, a certaine way leading to a perfect knowledge of Man, and directing to a discreet cariage in the vvhole course of our humane condition. Collected and composed by Io: Hitchcock student in the Middle Temple. London: Printed by Edward Griffin for Thomas Norton at the signe of the Kings head in Paules Churchyard, 1617. ESTC No. S118697. Grub Street ID 138348.