Publications of J. Oswald

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."

Sold by J. Oswald

  • Robe, James. A short narrative of the extraordinary work at Cambuslang, four miles from Glasgow: attested by the Rev. Mr. M'Culloch minister there, and by several of the most eminent divines in Scotland. Viz. ... Together with a postcript [sic], . The second edition.. London: printed and sold by J. Oswald, 1742. ESTC No. N24670. Grub Street ID 14021.

Printed for J. Oswald

  • Jennings, David. A sermon occasioned by the death of the late Reverend Isaac Watts, D.D. Preached to the congregation of which he was pastor. December 11. 1748. By David Jennings. To which is added, the funeral oration at his interment. By Samuel Chandler. London: printed for J. Oswald, W. Dilly, J. Buckland, and E. Gardner. And are to be sold by R. Akenhead on the Bridge, M. Bryson and R. Akenhead, jun. at the Bridge-End, J. Fleming under the Magazine, H. Reed on the Side, and J. Barber at the Head of the Flesh-Market, Newcastle; Mess. Ashworth and Sanderson, Durham; R. Akenhead, jun. Sunderland; S. Graham at Alnwick; and J. Taylor at Berwick, MDCCXLIX. [1749]. ESTC No. N22642. Grub Street ID 11994.