Publications of Thomas Johnson

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 Thomas Johnson

  • Langrishe, Hercules. Speech of Sir Hercules Langrishe, Bart. in the House of Commons, on Wednesday 25th January, 1792. With his plan for relief of the Roman Catholics. A full and correct report. Dublin: printed by Thomas Johnson, and to be had of all the booksellers, [1792]. ESTC No. T81249. Grub Street ID 302083.

Sold by Thomas Johnson

  • Turnough, John. The institutes of Free Masonry; to which are added, a choice collection of epilogues, songs, &c. Addressed To The Sea Captains' Lodge. Liverpool: printed and sold by Thomas Johnson, in Castle-Street, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]. ESTC No. T136085. Grub Street ID 184393.

Printed for Thomas Johnson

  • Milton, John. Of education. To Master Samuel Hartlib. [London: printed for Thomas Underhill and/or for Thomas Johnson, 1644]. ESTC No. R10430. Grub Street ID 58803.