Publications of J. Senex

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. Senex

  • 's Gravesande, Willem Jacob. Mathematical elements of natural philosophy confirmed by experiments, or an introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy. Written in Latin, by William-James's Gravesande, Doctor of Laws and Philosophy, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Leyden, and Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Translated into English by J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Chandois. The second edition, carefully review'd and corrected by the translator.. London: printed for J. Senex, at the Globe in Salisbury-Court, and W. Taylor at the ship and Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXI. [1721]. ESTC No. N10320. Grub Street ID 328.

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

  • An introduction to geography, astronomy, and dialling. Containing the most useful elements of the said sciences, adapted to the meanest capacity, by the description and uses of the terrestrial and celestial globes. With an introduction to chronology, by George Gordon. London: printed and sold by J. Senex, at the Globe against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street; G. Strahan, at the Royal Exchange; W. and J. Innys, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; J. Osborn and T. Longman, in Pater-Noster-Row; C. King, in Westminster-Hall; and by the author, MDCCXXVI. [1726]. ESTC No. T82437. Grub Street ID 303009.