Publications of J. Lewis

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. Lewis

  • Cennick, John. A treatise of the Holy Ghost: wherein is proved, that the spirit of God was in the prophets and apostles, and is in every true believer, to the end of the world. By John Cennick, . London: printed and sold by J. Lewis, 1742. ESTC No. T71589. Grub Street ID 295138.

Sold by J. Lewis

  • The bee reviv'd: or, the prisoners magazine. Containing ... curiosities, in prose and verse, ... For the benefit of the compiler, a prisoner of debt in Whitechapel jail. London [England]: printed and sold by J. Lewis, in Pater-Noster-Row, near Cheapside; and may be had of P. Brown, opposite St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, and at the pamphlet-shops in London and Westminster, M.DCC.L. [1750]. ESTC No. P3410. Grub Street ID 56751.

Printed for J. Lewis

  • Bicknell, Alexander. The benevolent man; or, the history of Mr. Belville: in which is introduced, the remarkable adventures of Captain Maclean, the hermit. In two volumes. . London: printed for J. Lewis, 1775. ESTC No. N31944. Grub Street ID 20822.