Publications of R. Bell

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 R. Bell

  • Garrick, David. The lying valet. A comedy in two acts. Written by David Garrick, Esq. Printed at the desire of some of the officers in the American Army, who intend to exhibit at the play-house, for the benifit of families who have suffered in the war for American liberty. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, Third Street, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]. ESTC No. W13670. Grub Street ID 323021.

Sold by R. Bell

  • Mr. A----d's motives for renouncing the popish, and re-embracing the protestant religion, in which he was educated: with several fresh instances of the unchristian principles of the papists in general, and the Jesuits in particular. Dublin: printed and sold by R. Bell, 1762. ESTC No. T170576. Grub Street ID 208263.

Printed for R. Bell

  • Thomson, James. The poetical works of James Thomson, Esq; with his last corrections and additions. ... To which is prefixed, an account of the life and writings of the author. In two volumes. Adorn'd with copper-plates. ... Dublin: printed for R. Bell, 1767. ESTC No. N40012. Grub Street ID 27196.