Publications of J. Cooper

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 J. Cooper

  • The history of the misfortunes of John Calas, a victim to fanaticism. To which is added a letter from M. Calas to his wife and children. Written by Monsieur de Voltaire. London: printed by J. Cooper; for Lewis Calas, 1789. ESTC No. N17874. Grub Street ID 7342.

Printed for J. Cooper

  • Hatchett, William. A chinese tale. Written originally by that prior of China the facetious Sou ma Quang, A Celebrated Mandarine of Letters; under the title of Chamgam tcho chang, or, Chamyam with her leg upon a table. First translated by a famous Missionary: And now Re-Translated by a Society of Linguists. Inscribed to Thomas Dawson Esq; Cornet in Lieutenant-General Honeywood's Dragoons. Price One Shilling. With a curious frontispiece, taken from a large China Punch-Bowl just come over, in that Gentleman's Possession; Design'd and Engrav'd by Mess. Gravelot and Scotin. Price One Shilling. The whole recommended to all Virtuosi and Curious Inspectors into Nature, whether of Crocodiles, Chimpanzees, Rhinoceroes, Anatomical Figures-Cum multis aliis. N. B. The Print will be sold for 2 s. 6 d. singly. London: printed for J. Cooper in Fleetstreet; and sold by the pamphlet-sellers of London and Westminster, [1740]. ESTC No. T117873. Grub Street ID 169448.