Publications of William Barrett

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 Barrett

  • Robbins, Ephraim. A friendly letter to the Rev. Mr. Cumings, containing several queries upon certain observations in his sermon on natural religion. [Three lines of Scripture text]. Newburyport [Mass.]: Printed by William Barrett, Market-Square, for the author, 1796. ESTC No. W12273. Grub Street ID 321531.

Sold by William Barrett

  • Franklin, Benjamin. The way to wealth, clearly shewn in a variety of useful and interesting maxims; or Poor Richard improved, y Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Extracted from the Doctor's political works. Newburyport [Mass.]: Printed and sold by William Barrett, Merrimac-Street, [1795]. ESTC No. W37272. Grub Street ID 348038.