Publications of J. Guthrie

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. Guthrie

  • Newton, John. A token of affection and respect, to the parishioners of St. Mary Wollnoth [sic], and St. Mary Woolchurch, London, from their minister. Edinburgh: printed for J. Guthrie, 1791. ESTC No. N27339. Grub Street ID 16593.

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

  • Bruce, Archibald. The principal difference between the religious principles of those commonly called the anti-government party, and of other Presbyterians, especially those of the secession in Scotland; on the head of magistracy, briefly stated. By a member of the General Associate Synod. Edinburgh: printed and sold by J. Guthrie, Edinburgh; and Brash and Reid, Glasgow, 1797. ESTC No. T58075. Grub Street ID 284247.