Publications of William Sanby

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 William Sanby

  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Two humorous novels, Viz. I. A diverting dialogue between Scipio and Bergansa, two dogs belonging to the hospital of the resurrection, in the city of Valladolid; giving an account of their lives and various adventures; interspers'd wtih their reflexions and sentiments on the lives, characters, humours and employments of the different masters they liv'd with. II. The comical history of rinconete and cortadillo. Both written by the celebrated author of Don Quixote. And now first translated from the Spanish original. The second edition.. London: Printed by H. Kent, for William Sanby, bookseller, at the Ship without Temple-Bar, M.DCC.XLII. [1742]. ESTC No. T60531. Grub Street ID 286383.