Publications of John Willis

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 Willis

  • Bearcroft, Philip. A sermon preached before the Honorable trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia in America, and the associates of the late Reverend Dr. Bray; at their anniversary meeting March 16, 1737-8. In the Parish-Church of St. Bridget, alias St. Bride, in Fleet-Street London. By Philip Bearcroft D.D. preacher at Charter-House. Published at the particular request of the trustees, and associates. London: Printed by John Willis, at the Angel-and-Bible in Tower-Street; and sold by T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon in Fleet-street, M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]. ESTC No. T47696. Grub Street ID 275654.