Publications of Henry Playford

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 Henry Playford

  • Fane, Francis. An excellent ballad upon a vvedding. By the Honourable Sir F.F. Kt of Bath. Sett to a new Scotch tune, by Moses Snow, B.M. London: printed for H[enry]. Playford at the Temple-Change; and sold by E[lizabeth]. Whitlock near Stationers-Hall, 1698. ESTC No. R176951. Grub Street ID 69258.
  • A collection of some verses out of the Psalms of David: suited to several occasions. Composed in two parts, cantus & bassus: being [the] common tunes to the Psalms in metre, now used in parish-churches. To which is added, some instructions for singing of them. Collected forMr. Henry Hunt, for the use of his scholars, and such as delight in psalmody. The second edition.. London: printed by J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford; and are to be sold by Anthony Boys at his shop in St. Albans in Hertfordshire, 1698. ESTC No. R216492. Grub Street ID 91381.
  • The oration, anthems and poem, spoken and sung at the performance of divine musick. For the entertainment of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Honourable House of Commons. At Chelsea-Colledge-Hall, May the 21st, and intended for the month of June following, 1702. Undertaken by Cavendish Weedon, Esq;. London: printed for Henry Playford in Temple Change in Fleet-street, and are to be sold by John Nutt near Stationers-Hall, 1702. ESTC No. N42127. Grub Street ID 28472.
  • Tate, Nahum. A consolatory poem to the Right Honourable John Lord Cutts, upon the death of his most accomplish'd lady. London: printed by R. R. for Henry Playford in the Temple-Change, MDCXCVIII. [1708]. ESTC No. N1700. Grub Street ID 6500.

Author

  • Playford, Henry. A collection of original Scotch-tunes, (full of the highland humours) for the violin: being the first of this kind yet printed: most of them being in the compass of the flute. London: printed by William Pearson, in Red-Cross-Alley in Jewin-street, for Henry Playford, at his shop in the Temple-Change, Fleet-street, 1700. ESTC No. R187085. Grub Street ID 75482.
  • Playford, Henry. Wit and mirth: Or, Pills to purge Melancholy. Being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all Humours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice or Instrument: Many of the Songs being New Sett. To which is also added; A Collection of Excellent Poems. The third edition. Vol. 1. ... London: printed by William Pearson, and sold by John Cullen at the Buck between the Two Temple-Gates, Fleet-Street, [1707]. ESTC No. T178429. Grub Street ID 215353.