Publications of Weaver Bickerton

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 Weaver Bickerton

  • Gomez, Madame de; Haywood, Eliza; Haywood, Eliza, translator. La belle AssemblĂ©e: or, The adventures of twelve days. Being a curious collection of remarkable incidents which happen'd to some of the first quality in France. Written in French for the entertainment of the King, and dedicated to him by Madam de Gomez. In two volumes. The second edition, adorn'd with copper-plates.. London: printed for D. Browne, at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar; Weaver Bickerton, in Devereux-Court, without Temple-Bar; and Joseph Pote, at the Golden-Door over against Suffolk-street, near Charing Cross, M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728]. ESTC No. T114647. Grub Street ID 166446.
  • Verses on the death of Dr. Samuel Clarke. London: printed for Weaver Bickerton; and sold by J. Roberts, 1729. ESTC No. N45831. Grub Street ID 30701.
  • Bohun, William. The law of tithes; shewing their nature, kinds, properties and incidents; by whom, to whom, when, and in what Manner payable; how, and in what Courts to be sued for and recovered; what Things, Lands or Persons are charged with, or exempted therefrom. With the Nature, Incidents and Effects of Customs, Prescriptions, Real Compositions, Modus Decimandi, Libels, Suggestions, Prohibitions, Consultations, &c. Wherein all the statutes and adjudged cases relative to the subject are introduced and considered. By W. Bohun of the Middle-Temple, Esq;. London]: In the Savoy: printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for Weaver Bickerton, at Lord Bacon's Head, the Corner of Palsgrave-Head-Court, without Temple-Bar, MDCCXXX. [1730. ESTC No. N10421. Grub Street ID 431.
  • Two new and curious essays: I. Concerning the best methods of pruning fruit-trees, ... II. A discourse concerning the improvement of ... the potatoe: . London: printed for W. Bickerton; C. Corbet, and R. Chandler: and sold by J. Roberts, 1732. ESTC No. T65803. Grub Street ID 290643.
  • Duck, Stephen. A poem on the marriage of His serene Highness the Prince of Orange, with Ann Princess-Royal of Great Britain. By Stephen Duck. To which are added, Verses to the author, by a divine. With the author's answer. London: printed for Weaver Bickerton at Lord Bacon's Head without Temple-Bar, 1733/4 [i.e. 1734]. ESTC No. N11676. Grub Street ID 1680.
  • Old citizen of London.. A letter from an old citizen of London, to the Wine-Merchants and Coopers thereof. London: printed for W Bickerton, in the Temple-Exchange, Fleet-Street, M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]. ESTC No. T13177. Grub Street ID 180741.
  • Claridge, John. The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather, grounded on forty years experience. To which is added, a rational account of the causes of such alterations; ... on the principles of the Newtonian philosophy. By John Claridge. London: printed for W. Bickerton, 1744. ESTC No. N21587. Grub Street ID 10946.
  • The laws against papists and popish recusants, nonconformists and nonjurors: with the statutes relating to the succession of the crown, forfeited estates, tumults and riots, imprisonment of suspected persons; and for obliging papists and nonjurors to register their estates, &c. In which are contained, All the Daths, Submissions, Declarations, Confessions, Affirmations and Assurances, required by the Government from the First Year of Q. Elizabeth. To which is prefixed, A proclamation for putting the laws in execution against papists and nonjurors, and for commanding all Papists and reputed Papists to depart from the Cities of London and Westminster, and from within ten Miles of the same; and for confining Papists and reputed Papists to their Habitations, and for putting in Execution the Laws against Riots and Rioters. Published by his Majesty's command, 25 Feb. 1743. London: printed for W. Bickerton in the Passage to the Temple-Exchange Coffee-House, Fleetstreet, MDCCXLIV. [1744]. ESTC No. N12286. Grub Street ID 2295.
  • The agreeable companion; or, An universal medley of wit and good-humour. Consisting of ... humourous esays, ... tales and fables, ... with select novels, . London [England]: printed for W[eaver]. Bickerton, in the Temple-Exchange, Fleetstreet; and sold by the booksellers in town and country, MDCCXLV. [1745]. ESTC No. P6248. Grub Street ID 57982.