Publications of J. Oliver

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 J. Oliver

  • Davies, Samuel. The duty of Christians to propagate their religion among heathens, earnestly recommended to the masters of Negroe slaves in Virginia. A sermon preached in Hanover, January 8, 1757. By Samuel Davies, A.M. London: Printed by J. Oliver in Bartholomew-close, MDCCLVIII. [1758]. ESTC No. T54780. Grub Street ID 281507.

Sold by J. Oliver

  • Regis, Balthasar. A short discourse upon the first verse of the first chapter of St John's Gospel; proving demonstratively, that our Lord Jesus Christ is over all, God blessed for ever. By B. Regis, D. D. Rector of Adisham in Kent, Canon of Windsor, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. London: printed and sold by J. Oliver, in Bartholomew-Close, 1753. ESTC No. N22673. Grub Street ID 12023.

Printed for J. Oliver

  • Jeanne, de la Nativité. Daily conversation with God, exemplified in the holy life of Armelle Nicolas, a poor ignorant country maid in France; commonly known by the name of the good Armelle, deceas'd in Bretaigne in the year 1671. Done out of French. The fourth edition, corrected.. London: printed for J. Oliver, in Bartholomew-Close, near West-Smithfield, 1757. ESTC No. T185609. Grub Street ID 221783.