Publications of J and

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 J and

  • Sykes, Arthur Ashley. The two questions, previous to Dr. Middleton's free enquiry impartially considered: viz. What are the grounds upon which the credibility of miracles, in general, is founded? And upon what grounds the miracles of the Gospel, in particular, are credible? Part II. In which the Evidence for the Miracles of the Primitive Church is fully examined into: And the Miracles of the Gospel are shewn to have sure Marks of Credibility. London: printed for J and P. Knapton, in Ludgate-Street, MDCCLII. [1752]. ESTC No. T10811. Grub Street ID 161069.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by J and

  • Walker, Patrick. Some remarkable passages of the life and death of Mr. Alexander Peden, late Minister of the Gospel, at Glenluce, in Galloway. ... To which is added, a second part. Containing, thirty new additional passages ... Glasgow: printed and sold by J and M Robertson, 1794. ESTC No. T155601. Grub Street ID 199307.