Publications of E. Burbie.

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 E. Burbie.

  • Dent, Arthur. A plaine exposition of the articles of our faith, by short questions and answers, for the vnderstanding of the simple. Gathered by Arthur Dent Minister of the word of God: especially for the benefit of his owne flock: who hauing taught his people these points, is careful that they all may learne them. To this end, that euery of them of his charge, may be able to giue a reason of their faith. Printed at London: By W. Hall for E. Burbie. and H. Fetherstone, 1609. ESTC No. S120009. Grub Street ID 139651.