Publications of B. Dod

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 B. Dod

  • Rowe, Elizabeth. The history of Joseph. A poem. In ten books. By Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, . The third edition.. London: printed for B. Dod, 1741. ESTC No. N17676. Grub Street ID 7143.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by B. Dod

  • Fisher, Daniel. The child's Christian education: or, spelling and reading made easy. Being the most proper introduction to the profitable reading the Holy Bible, &c. In five parts. Containing, I. An Alphabet, illustrated with Cuts; and easy Lessons of Monosyllables, leading Children gradually on from Spelling to Reading in a very short Time. II. Tables of Words, from two to five Syllables, with their proper Divisions and Accents. III. A plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian: Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament: Digested under proper Heads, and delivered in the Words of Scripture, &c. IV. Rules for Spelling. The Use of Stops. Bishop Ken's three Hymns. Questions with Answers out of the Scripture. Prayers for Children. The Bishop of Sodor and Man's Admonition to Masters of Families, &c. V. An Exposition of the Church Catechism, collected from our best Divines; namely, Archbishop Wake, Bishop Williams, Bishop Burnet, Bishop Beveridge, Dr Worthington, Dr. London: printed and sold by B. Dod, Bookseller to The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary Lane; and by the Booksellers in Great Britain, 1759. ESTC No. T95420. Grub Street ID 314926.