Publications of John Boyle

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 John Boyle

  • Willison, John. A sacramental directory: or, a treatise concerning the sanctification of a communion-sabbath. ... By the Reverend Mr John Willison ... Aberdeen: printed and sold by John Boyle, M,DCC,LXCIII [1793]. ESTC No. N21322. Grub Street ID 10701.

Sold by John Boyle

  • The First book of the American chronicles of the times. Chap. II. Boston: Printed and sold by John Boyle in Marlborough-Street. 1775. Where may be had compleat setts of these chronicles, [1775]. ESTC No. W12129. Grub Street ID 321376.

Printed for John Boyle

  • Lover of their precious souls.. The history of the Holy Jesus. Containing a brief and plain account of his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven; and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment. Being a pleasant and profitable companion for children; composed on purpose for their use. By a lover of their precious souls. Boston: Printed and sold for John Boyle in Marlborough-Street, 1779. ESTC No. W11131. Grub Street ID 320305.