Publications of T. Johnson

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 T. Johnson

  • Johnson, Samuel. Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia, by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. With notes, and a continuation to the time of his death. Also a geographical description of his dominions. To which are added, translations of select poems written by the King of Prussia. Liverpool: printed by T. Johnson and Co., NO. 10, In Castle Street, [1790?]. ESTC No. N10558. Grub Street ID 570.

Printed for T. Johnson

  • Allen, Mr. John. The whole tryal, examination, confession, and condemnation of Mr. John Allen, the merchant's son, who was try(`d and condemn(`d at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily, on Friday the 12th of October. for that barbarous murder of Mrs. Mary Finch, his sweetheart: ... fo which he hath deservedly receiv(`d sentance of death. London: printed for T. Johnson in Fleetstreet, [1703?]. ESTC No. N36320. Grub Street ID 24299.