Publications of A. Donaldson

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 A. Donaldson

  • Brosses, Charles de. Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed. Vol. I. Edinburgh: printed by A. Donaldson, and sold at his shops in London and Edinburgh, MDCCLXVI. [1766]-68. ESTC No. T53216. Grub Street ID 280201.

Printed for A. Donaldson

  • Keill, James. The anatomy of the human body abridged: or, a short and full view of all the parts of the body. Together with their several uses, drawn from their compositions and structures. By James Keill, M.D. Edinburgh: printed for A. Donaldson, and sold at his shop corner of Arundel-Street, in the Strand, London; and at Edinburgh, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]. ESTC No. N1273. Grub Street ID 2711.