Publications of S. Illidge

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 S. Illidge

  • Bussy, Roger de Rabutin. The amorous history of the Gauls. Containing the intrigues and gallantries of the court of France, during the reign of Louis XIV. Written in French by Roger de Rabutin, Count de Bussy. And now translated into English. The second edition.. London: printed for S. Illidge, under Serle's Gate, Lincoln's-Inn New-Square; and sold by J. Osborn, at St. Saviour's Dock-Head, near Horsely-Down, 1727. ESTC No. N2538. Grub Street ID 14736.