Publications of William Smith

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 William Smith

  • Rowe, Elizabeth. The history of Joseph. A poem in ten books. To which is added, David's lamentation over Saul and Jonathan. By that distinguished Historian and Poet. Mr. Thomas Rowe, Author of the eight Lives published as a Supplement to Plutarch, and Husband to the celebrated Mrs. Eliz. Rowe. Glasgow: printed by William Smith; and sold by the booksellers in town and country, MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]. ESTC No. T75296. Grub Street ID 298024.

Sold by William Smith

  • Shirra, Robert. Fellowship with the blessed Trinity. A sermon on I John i.7. preached on a sacramental occasion at Dunfermline; ... by Mr. Robert Shirra, ... Glasgow: printed and sold by William Smith; and by Alexander Young, Stirling, 1767. ESTC No. T95202. Grub Street ID 314727.