Publications of J. Wheble

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 J. Wheble

  • Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor. The whole proceedings at large, In a Cause on an Action Brought by The Rt. Hon. Richard Lord Grosvenor against His Royal Highness Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland; For Criminal Conversation with Lady Grosvenor. Tried before The Right Hon. William Lord Mansfield, In the Court of King's-Bench, On the 5th of July, 1770. Containing the Evidence verbatim as delivered by the Witnesses; with all the Speeches and Arguments of the Counsel and of the Court. Faithfully taken in Short Hand by a Barrister. London: printed for J. Wheble, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXX. [1770]. ESTC No. N12530. Grub Street ID 2530.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by J. Wheble

  • Curate.. A letter to the Bishop of London, on his public conduct. Pointing out among other particulars, his Lordship's inattention to public ordinations, and hireling preachers. In which is delineated, the character of a late examining chaplain. By a curate. London: printed and sold by J. Wheble, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXXII. [1772]. ESTC No. T89696. Grub Street ID 309567.