Publications of J. Ross

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. Ross

  • Hunter, Christopher. Durham cathedral, as it was before the dissolution of the monastry; containing an account of the rites, customs and ceremonies used therein. Together with the histories painted in the windows. And an appendix of various antiqutties [sic], collected from several manuscripts. Durham: printed by J. Ross, for Mrs. Waghorn, 1733. ESTC No. T63412. Grub Street ID 288672.

Sold by J. Ross

  • Smallwell, Edward. A sermon preached at the parish church of St. Peter, Carmarthen, September 14, 1786, before the Society for the relief of distressed clergymen, their widows and orphans. Published by request, For the benefit of the Charity, by Edward, Lord Bishop of St. David's. Carmarthen: printed and sold by J. Ross, also, sold by Mr. Bew, Bookseller, London; Messrs. Fletchers, Oxford; and Mr. Merrill, Cambridge, [1786]. ESTC No. T174056. Grub Street ID 211164.