Publications of J. Willis

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 J. Willis

  • The whole life, and merry exploits of bold Robin Hood: Earl of Huntington. Shewing, how he became an out-law, and fled to the forest of Sherwood; where he and his gang shelter'd themselves for many years committing many notorious villanies and robberies, insomuch that all passengers were forc'd to pay them tribute. And at last betook himself to a monastrey in Yorkshire, where he was bled to death by a monk. To which is added, several songs not in the former impressions. With the whole history of Johnny Armstrong, of Westmoreland. London: printed by J. Willis at the Ange[l] and Bible in Tower-Street, [between 1712 and 1738?]. ESTC No. T60852. Grub Street ID 286620.

Sold by J. Willis

  • Ayres, Daniel. Arithmetick made easier than any hitherto extant; for the farther improvement and interest of trades-men. Wherein is Exhibited, That very Useful Science, in a new and more familiar Manner, in all its Branches, both Vulgar and Decimal. With the ready way of computing divers Sorts of Goods sold by Retale. Also, A practical Specimen of Mensuration of Plains and Solids. By D. Ayres School-Master. The second edition, corrected and revis'd to which is added, A short treatise of book-keeping, by W.F.. London: printed and sold by J. Willis, at the Angel and Bible in Tower-Street, MDCCXXX. [1730]. ESTC No. T88295. Grub Street ID 308263.