Publications of William Anderson

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 William Anderson

  • Dilworth, W. H. The royal assassins. Containing I. An account of the trial and execution of Francis Ravaillac, ... II. The trial and execution of Robert Francis Damiens, ... III. Narrative of the conviction and execution of the Duke of Aveiro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Tavora, the Earl of Atouguia, &c. ... The whole faithfully compiled from authentic vouchers. Published for the improvement and entertainment of the British youth of both sexes. By H. W. Dilworth, A.M. London: printed for William Anderson, 1759. ESTC No. N13202. Grub Street ID 3141.