Publications of R. Foulis

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 R. Foulis

  • The state of religion in New-England, since the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield's arrival there, in a letter from a gentleman in New-England to his friend in Glasgow: with an appendix, ... To which is prefixed a reply to Mr. Whitefield's remarks on the first edition. Glasgow: printed by R. Foulis, and sold by him and the booksellers in Glasgow and Edinburgh; at London, by A. Millar, 1742. ESTC No. T60387. Grub Street ID 286264.

Sold by R. Foulis

  • Worthington, John. A scripture catechism, shewing what a Christian is to believe and practise in order to salvation. Very Useful For Persons Of All Ages And Capacities AS Well AS Children. Composed by The Pious And Learned John Worthington, D.D. Glasgow: printed and sold by R. Foulis, MDCCXLVII. [1747]. ESTC No. T119848. Grub Street ID 171196.