Publications of John Reid

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 Reid

  • A true and exact list of the whole kings of Scotland, since Fergus the first. Edinburgh: printed by John Reid, 1707. ESTC No. T51796. Grub Street ID 278999.

Sold by John Reid

  • Muschet, Nicol. The last speech and confession of Nicol Muschet of Boghal, who was execute [sic] in the Grass Market of Edinburgh, the sixth day of January 1721. Containing a brief narrative of his life, ... Together with, reflections upon the preceeding passages of his life, ... All written and signed by his own hand. ... [Edinburgh: printed and sold by John Reid, 1721?]. ESTC No. N10284. Grub Street ID 289.

Printed for John Reid

  • An abridgement and alphabetical index of the acts of the General Assemblies, of the Church of Scotland from the year 1638, to 1706, inclusive of both. By a Minister of the Gospel. Edinburgh: printed for John Reid, Junior, and are only to be sold by Alexander Henderson, at his Shop in the Luckenbooths, MDCCVI. [1706]. ESTC No. T19028. Grub Street ID 225467.