Publications of Toft in

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 Toft in

  • Steffe, John. Five letters Containing Let. I. and II. Scripture proofs of a separate intermediate state of existence after death; with an answer to the principal objections to that doctrine. Let. III and IV. remarks upon the most considerable characters and definitions given of man; that especially by which he is distinguished from the creatures around him, by his capacity for religion. The dignity and propriety of which character is briefly demonstrated; with an answer to the most material objections to religious worship. Let. V. reflections on the Christian sabbath, shewing the excellent wisdom and policy of that institution, both as an interval of rest from bodily labour, and a season for religious knowledge, piety, and devotion. By John Steffe. London: Printed for J. Buckland, at the Buck in Pater-noster Row; T. Toft in Chelmsford. Sold likewise by Mr. Henderson at the Royal Exchange; Mr. Owen at Temple-Bar; and Mr. Woodfall at Charing-Cross, MDCCLVII. [1757]. ESTC No. T61148. Grub Street ID 286853.