Publications of William Phillips

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 William Phillips

  • Bevan, Joseph Gurney. A refutation of some of the more modern misrepresentations of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers; with a life of James Nayler; by Joseph Gurney Bevan: also, (by permission of the Meeting for Sufferings) a summary of the history, doctrine and discipline of Friends. London: printed and sold by William Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, 1800. ESTC No. T55233. Grub Street ID 281830.

Sold by William Phillips

  • Turford, Hugh. The ancient Christian's principle, or rule of life, revived and brought to light: with a description of true godliness, ... Also some extracts from the writings of the late Judge Hale. London: printed and sold by William Phillips, 1799. ESTC No. N30177. Grub Street ID 19149.