Publications of R. Murch

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 R. Murch

  • Davies, T., schoolmaster. The newest reading made quite easy: or, an introduction to reading the Holy Bible. Consisting of Scripture, Historical, and Moral Lessons, so disposed, that the Learner is led on with Pleasure, step by step; from simple and easy, to compound and difficult Words; which is allowed by all to be the most regular, speedy, and rational Way of Teaching: And the whole ornamented with a neat, and entertaining set of Prints. The twenty-eighth edition. Recommended for the Use of Schools. By T. Davies, Schoolmaster. London: printed and sold by R. Murch, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]. ESTC No. T118607. Grub Street ID 170097.