Publications of John Ellison

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 John Ellison

  • Andree, John. An account of the Tilbury water. Containing a narrative of the discovery of the medicinal qualities of this spring; experiments on the water: observations on the experiments; the virtues of the water, interspersed with various Cases; the manner of drinking it; and, lastly, several remarkable cures. The sixth edition, with additions.. London: printed for John Ellison, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]. ESTC No. N14643. Grub Street ID 4433.