Publications of W. Strahan:

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 W. Strahan:

  • Whitefield, George. Some remarks on a pamphlet, entitled, The enthusiasm of Methodists and papists compar'd; wherein several mistakes in some parts of his past writings and conduct are acknowledged, and his present sentiments concerning the Methodists explained. In a letter to the author. By George Whitefield, . The fourth edition.. London: printed by W. Strahan: and sold by J. Robinson; G. Keith; and at the Tabernacle near Moorfields, 1749. ESTC No. N22907. Grub Street ID 12266.

Printed for W. Strahan:

  • Ferguson, James. Select mechanical exercises: shewing how to construct different clocks, orreries, and sun-dials, on plain and easy principles. With several miscellaneous articles; And New Tables, I. For expeditiously computing the Time of any New or Full Moon within the Limits of 6000 Years before and after the 18th Century. II. For graduating and examining the usual Lines on the Sector, Plain Scale, and Gunter. Illustrated with Copper-Plates. To which is prefixed, A short Account of the Life of the Author. By James Ferguson, F. R. S. The second edition.. London: printed for W. Strahan: and T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]. ESTC No. T131247. Grub Street ID 180281.