Publications of W. Stuart

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 W. Stuart

  • A specimen of the candour and veracity manifested in the Confessional; with respect to a disputed clause in the 20th article. In a letter to a friend. October 12th, 1774. London: printed and sold by W. Stuart, No. 67, Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]. ESTC No. T61166. Grub Street ID 286870.

Sold by W. Stuart

  • The battle of Flodden-Field: which was fought between the English ... and the Scots ... An heroic poem, in nine fits or parts. Collected from antient manuscripts. By Joseph Benson, ... Preston: printed and sold by W. Stuart, 1773. ESTC No. N32357. Grub Street ID 21044.

Printed for W. Stuart

  • Brathwait, Richard. Drunken Barnaby's four journeys to the north of England. In Latin and English metre. Wittily and merrily (tho' an Hundred Years ago) compos'd; found among some old musty Books that had lain a long Time by in a Corner, and now at last made public. Together with Bessy Bell. To which is now added, (never before published) the ancient ballad of Chevy chase. In Latin and English verse. The fourth edition, illustrated with several neat copper-plates.. London: printed for W. Stuart, No. 67 Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]. ESTC No. T129469. Grub Street ID 178927.