Publications of J. Oliver

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 J. Oliver

  • Burton, John. Religious education of poor children recommended: a sermon preached in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London, on Thursday May the 17th, 1759: ... By John Burton, ... To which is annexed, An account of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. London: printed by J. Oliver; and sold by B. Dod, 1759. ESTC No. T95622. Grub Street ID 315128.

Sold by J. Oliver

  • Nicolls, Samuel. A sermon preach'd before the Society corresponding with the Incorporated Society in Dublin, for promoting English Protestant Working-Schools in Ireland, at their general meeting in the parish-church of St Mary le Bow, on Tuesday, April 4th, 1749. By Samuel Nicolls, L.L. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. London: printed and sold by J. Oliver, in Bartholomew-Close, near West-Smithfield; sold also by B. Dod, at the Bible and Key, in Ave-Mary Lane, MDCC.XLIX. [1749]. ESTC No. T3094. Grub Street ID 261771.

Printed for J. Oliver

  • Justification; or, the Gospel-way to salvation impartially inquired into, and fully explained. Being an attempt to reconcile our differences about faith and works; ... By Thomas Green, . London: printed for J. Oliver; and T. Payne, 1758. ESTC No. T103513. Grub Street ID 157140.