Publications of Robert Bell
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:
- "printed by x"; or
- "sold by x"; or
- "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,":
- "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 Robert Bell
- Farmer.. A farmer's letter addressed to the gentlemen of landed property in Ireland. ... Dublin: printed by Robert Bell and Co., 1786. ESTC No. N9715. Grub Street ID 54591.
Sold by Robert Bell
- Thomson, James. The seasons: containing, Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter. With poems on several occasions. By James Thomson. To which are added, an account of the life and writings of the author. [Five lines of verse]. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell in Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]. ESTC No. W3007. Grub Street ID 340378.
Author
- Bell, Robert. Outlines of the course of lectures on conveyancing, established by the Society of Clerks to the Signet. With a concentrated view of the clauses of deeds. By Robert Bell, Clerk to the Signet. Edinburgh: Printed by Alex. Chapman & Co. for James Watson, NO 40. South Bridge, 1800. ESTC No. N10642. Grub Street ID 650.