Publications of M. Carey

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 M. Carey

  • MacNally, Leonard. Songs in the comic opera of Robin Hood, or, Sherwood Forest; as performed at the new theatre, in Philadelphia. [Philadelphia]: Printed by M. Carey, March 10, M.DCC.XCIV. [1794] (Price ten cents). ESTC No. W11383. Grub Street ID 320574.

Printed for M. Carey

  • The New history of the Trojan wars, and Troy's destruction. In three books. Containing, I. The renowned and valiant deeds of the most famous Hector of Troy. II. The rape of fair Helen of Greece, together with the last destruction of Troy by the stratagem of the wooden-horse. III. The arrival of Brute in Britain, and how he conquered Albion and his giants, and built Troynovant, now London. Philadelphia: Printed for M. Carey, no. 118, High-Street, 1794. ESTC No. W13892. Grub Street ID 323254.