Publications of Benjamin Collins

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 Benjamin Collins

  • Sherlock, Thomas. A sermon preached at the cathedral-church of Salisbury, October 6, 1745. On Occasion of the Rebellion in Scotland, By the Right Reverend Thomas, Lord Bishop of Salisbury. Published, at the Request of the Mayor and Corporation. Salisbury: printed by Benjamin Collins, and sold by J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London; J. Fletcher, at Oxford, and at W. Frederick, at Bath, MDCCXLV. [1745]. ESTC No. T7355. Grub Street ID 296810.

Sold by Benjamin Collins

  • Wiche, John. Englishmen urged to loyalty, by their sense and love of liberty. A sermon preach'd at Salisbury, October 6, 1745. On occasion of the present rebellion in Scotland. By John Wiche,. Salisbury: printed and sold by Benjamin Collins, and by J. Rivington, J. Noon, London; J. Fletcher, at Oxford; and W. Frederick, at Bath, 1745. ESTC No. N9196. Grub Street ID 54071.

Printed for Benjamin Collins

  • Barker, John. A defence of a late treatise intitled, An inquiry into the nature, cause and cure, of the present epidemick fever. In answer to the objections of Dr. Henry Hele. ... Together with an appendix. Containing, all the papers, relating to it, ... By J. Barker, M.B. Sarum: printed for Benjamin Collins, and Edward Easton, 1743. ESTC No. T32217. Grub Street ID 262945.