Publications of Hodges &

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 Hodges &

  • Cook, James. The history of Capt. Cook's three voyages round the world; the first in the Endeavour, begun in the year 1768, and finished in 1771. The second in the Resolution, accompanied by the Adventure, commanded by Capt. Furneau. Begun in 1772, and finished in 1775. And the third in the Resolution & Discovery, begun in 1776, and finished in 1780. Containing ... an account of the unfortunate death of Captain Cook. In two volumes. London: printed by Hodges & Pain, 1784. ESTC No. N17489. Grub Street ID 6959.