Publications of Cooper 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 by Cooper and

  • Washington, George. A letter to the people of the United States of America, from General Washington, on his resignation of the office of President of the United States. Second edition.. London: printed by Cooper and Graham, for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, 1796. ESTC No. N10476. Grub Street ID 487.

Printed for Cooper and

  • Byng, John. Admiral Byng's defence, as presented by him, and read in the Court January 18, 1757, ... Containing a very particular account of the action on the 20th of May, 1756, off Cape Mola,. London: printed for J. Lacy, M. Cooper and R. Baldwin; and Mr. Langford, 1757. ESTC No. T20524. Grub Street ID 235299.