Publications of J. Cooper

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. Cooper

  • Sheffield, John Holroyd. Observations on the project for abolishing the slave trade, and on the reasonableness of attempting some practicable mode of relieving the negroes. By John Lord Sheffield. The second edition, with additions.. London: printed by J. Cooper, Bow Street, Covent Garden, for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, M.DCC.XCI. [1791]. ESTC No. T6210. Grub Street ID 287635.

Printed for J. Cooper

  • Lillo, George. The London merchant: or, the history of George Barnwell. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's servants. By Mr. Lillo. The seventh edition. Much more correct than any of the former, with several additions and improvements, by the author.. London: printed for J. Cooper, 1737. ESTC No. N18844. Grub Street ID 8274.