Publications of William Dunlap.

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 for William Dunlap.

  • Kotzebue, August von. Pizarro in Peru; or, The death of Rolla. A play, in five acts. From the German of Augustus von Kotzebue. With notes marking the variations from the original. New-York:: Printed by G.F. Hopkins, for William Dunlap. And sold at the office of the printer, no. 136 Pearl-Street; T. and J. Swords, no. 99 Pearl-Street; Gaine and Teneyck, no. 148 Pearl-Street; John Black, no. 5 Cedar Street; Alex. Somerville, no. 114 Maiden-Lane; and most other booksellers in the U. States, 1800. ESTC No. W30951. Grub Street ID 341327.