Publications of W. Watson

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 W. Watson

  • Rules and orders of the Cambridge Loyal Association, formed for the protection of the town and neighbourhood, Feb. 24, 1797. Head quarters, Revised, amended, and confirmed by a general Meeting, convened for the Purpose, Nov. 26, M.DCC.XCVIII. [Cambridge]: Printed by W. Watson, [1798]. ESTC No. T212175. Grub Street ID 239472.

Sold by W. Watson

  • Franklin, Benjamin. Path to riches and happiness. By the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin. To which are added, The apprentice's monitor, or indentures, in verse. And, The market woman, or honesty is the best policy. A true tale. Dublin: printed and sold by W. Watson and son, [1792?]. ESTC No. N23559. Grub Street ID 12915.

Printed for W. Watson

  • Gisborne, Thomas. A familiar survey of the Christian religion, and of history as connected with the introduction of Christianity, ... Intended primarily for the use of young persons of either sex, ... By Thomas Gisborne, A.M. Dublin: printed by William Porter, for W. Watson and Son, G. Burnet, P. Wogan, W. Porter, [and 6 others in Dublin], 1800. ESTC No. N28645. Grub Street ID 17871.