Publications of James 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 for James Watson

  • Russell, John. New form of process before the Court of Session, and the Commission of Teinds; with a general account of the College of Justice, and a table of the fees payable to the Clerks and Officers of Court. By a member of the College of Justice. Edinburgh: printed by Alex. Chapman & Co. for James Watson, No 40. South Bridge, 1799. ESTC No. N10265. Grub Street ID 269.
  • Nisbet, William. The clinical guide, or, a concise view of the leading facts, on the history, nature, and treatment, of such local diseases as form the object of surgery. To which is subjoined, a surgical pharmacopoeia, divided into three parts: ... By William Nisbet, ... Edinburgh: printed for James Watson. Sold also by J. Johnson, London, 1799. ESTC No. N2969. Grub Street ID 18767.
  • Nisbet, William. The clinical guide, or, a concise view of the leading facts, on the history, nature, and treatment, of such local diseases as form the object of surgery. To which is subjoined, a surgical pharmacopoeia, divided into three parts: viz. Materia Medica, classification, and extemporaneous prescription: Intended As a memorandum-book for practitioners. The second edition. By William Nisbet, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinone of the Surgeons of the Royal Infirmart, &c. Edinburgh: printed for James Watson No 40. South Bridge. Sold also by J. Johnson, No 73. St Paul's Church-Yard London, 1800. ESTC No. N2973. Grub Street ID 18800.