Publications of T. Bensley

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 T. Bensley

  • Pope, Alexander. The rape of the lock, an heroi-comical poem, by A. Pope. Adorned with plates. London: printed by T. Bensley; for F. J. du Roveray, Great St. Helens; and sold by J. and A. Arch, Gracechurch-Street; and J. Wright, Piccadilly, 1798. ESTC No. T5736. Grub Street ID 283641.

Printed for T. Bensley

  • Donovan, E. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of China: comprising figures and descriptions of Upwards of One Hundred New, Singular, and Beautiful Species; Together with Some that are of Importance in Medicine, Domestic Economy, &c. the Figures are Accurately Drawn, Engraved, and Coloured, from Specimens of the Insects; the Descriptions are Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus; with References to the Writings of Fabricius, and Other Systematic Authors. By E. Donovan, Author of the Natural History of British Insects, &c. London: printed for the author, by T. Bensley; and sold by White, Fleet-Street; Faulder, Bond-Street; Bell, Oxford-Street, &c., 1798. ESTC No. T102037. Grub Street ID 155884.