Publications of J. 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 J. Johnson

  • Hurdis, James. The village curate, a poem. Bishopstone: printed at the author's own press, and sold by J. Johnson, London, 1797. ESTC No. T68916. Grub Street ID 293023.

Sold by J. Johnson

  • Hurn, William. The blessings of peace, and the guilt of war, a lyric poem. By the Reverend William Hurn. London: printed and sold by J. Johnson, 1784. ESTC No. N15226. Grub Street ID 4955.

Printed for J. Johnson

  • Fordyce, George. A third dissertation on fever. Part I. Containing the history and method of treatment of a regular continued fever, supposing it is left to pursue its ordinary course. By George Fordyce, . London: printed for J. Johnson, 1798. ESTC No. N10. Grub Street ID 4.