Publications of W. Richardson

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. Richardson

  • Huguenin du Mitand, Louis. A practical and easy method of learning French in the most pleasing and expenditious way: ... By Mr. Du Mitand, . The tenth edition.. London: printed by W. Richardson; and sold for the author at his house, 1783. ESTC No. T65385. Grub Street ID 290296.

Printed for W. Richardson

  • Moreton, J. B.. Manners and customs in the West India islands. Containing various particulars respecting the soil, cultivation, produce, trade, officers, inhabitants, &c. &c. With the method of establishing and conducting a sugar-plantation; in which the ill-practices of superintendants are pointed out. Also the treatment of slaves; and the slave-trade. By J. B. Moreton. London: printed for W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1790. ESTC No. N10321. Grub Street ID 329.