Publications of John Lawrence

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 John Lawrence

  • Simmons, Thomas. Supports under the fear of sudden death. In a sermon, preached at Stepney, Sept. 19th, 1703. Occasion'd by the death of Mr. John Batten, mariner, ... By Thomas Simmons. London: printed, and are to be sold by John Lawrence, 1704. ESTC No. N46607. Grub Street ID 31433.

Printed for John Lawrence

  • Maultby, Josias. The office and duty of ministers according to the Scriptures. A sermon at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Samuel Wood, at Wivenhoe, near Colchester in the county of Essex, November 25, 1709. By Josias Maultby, Minister of the Gospel at Sudbury. London: printed by J. H. for John Lawrence, at the Angel in the Poultrey, 1710. ESTC No. N10556. Grub Street ID 568.