Publications of Jos. Downing

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 Jos. Downing

  • Waterland, Daniel. Religious education of children: recommended in a sermon preach'd in the parish-church of St. Sepulchre, June the 6th, 1723. Being Thursday in Whitson-Week; at the anniversary meeting of the children educated in the charity-schools in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By Daniel Waterland, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. Publish'd at the Request of the Gentlemen concerned in the said Charity. London: printed by Jos. Downing, for W. and J. Innys, at the West-End of St. Paul's, 1723. ESTC No. T7290. Grub Street ID 296309.

Sold by Jos. Downing

  • Nelson, Robert. The practice of true devotion, In relation to the end, as well as the means of religion. With an office for the Holy Communion. By Robert Nelson, Esq; the sixth edition. To which is added, the character of the author. London: Printed and sold by Jos. Downing Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1724. ESTC No. N39168. Grub Street ID 26628.

Printed for Jos. Downing

  • Bedford, Arthur. A sermon preached to the Societies for reformation of manners, at St. Mary-le-Bow, on Thursday, January 10th, 1733. By Arthur Bedford, M.A. chaplain to His Grace John Duke of Bedford; and to the Haberdashers-Hospital at Hoxton. London: Printed for Jos. Downing, in Bartholomew-Close, near West-Smithfield, 1734. ESTC No. N23996. Grub Street ID 13357.