Publications of John Neilson

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 John Neilson

  • Walker, Patrick. The life and prophesies of that faithful minister of God's word, Mr. Donald Cargill, ... who suffered martyrdom ... the 27th July 1681, ... By Peter Walker, ... Paisley: printed by John Neilson, Cumberland, for George Caldwell, bookseller, 1800. ESTC No. T84154. Grub Street ID 304562.

Sold by John Neilson

  • Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. By Will. Shakespeare: printed complete from the text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens ... revised from the latest editions. Paisley: printed and sold by John Neilson, 1793. ESTC No. T164360. Grub Street ID 202632.

Printed for John Neilson

  • Plan of a bill, for altering the courts of justice, sent by the Legislative Council, to the Assembly, Monday, 8th April. 1793. Quebec: Printed for John Neilson, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]. ESTC No. W16701. Grub Street ID 326194.