Publications of John Walthoe Junior

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 multiple roles in combination (which suggests a likelihood that the person is a trade publisher):

  1. "printed and sold by x"; "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x" and so on.

Printers (owners of the type and printing presses, and possibly owners of the copyright) may be identified by the words printed by, but printed by does not universally designate a person who is a printer by trade. Booksellers may be identified by the words sold by, but sold by encompasses a number of roles. Booksellers or individuals who owned the copyright are generally identified by the words printed for, but nothing should be concluded in this regard without further evidence, especially since "printed for" could signify that the named person was a distributor rather than a copyright holder. Trade publishers, who distributed books and pamphlets but did not own the copyright or employ a printer—and were not printers themselves—might be identified by the words printed and sold by. Furthermore, works from this period often display false imprints, whether to evade copyright restrictions, to conceal the name of the copyright holders, or to dupe unwitting customers. Ultimately, one must proceed with caution in using the following lists: designations in the imprints may not reliably reflect the actual trades or roles of the people named, and the formulas used in imprints do not consistently mean the same thing.

David Foxon discussed the "meaning of the imprint" in his Lyell Lecture delivered at Oxford in March 1976, with particular attention to "publishers" in the eighteenth-century context:

The fullest form of an imprint is one which names three people, or groups of people:
     London: printed by X (the printer), for Y (the bookseller who owned the copyright), and sold by Z.
In the eighteenth century the printer's name is rarely given, at least in works printed in London, and the form is more commonly:
     London: printed for Y, and sold by Z.
Very often in this period, and particularly for pamphlets, it is further abbreviated to:
     London: printed and sold by Z.
It is this last form which is my present concern. Z is usually what the eighteenth century called 'a publisher', or one who distributes books and pamphlets without having any other responsibility—he does not own the copyright or employ a printer, or even know the author.

D. F. McKenzie coined the term "trade publisher" for these publishers in his Sandars Lectures, also in 1976, on the grounds that their principal role was to publish on behalf of other members of the book trade (Treadwell 100).

Michael Treadwell cautions that "In this period the imprint 'London: Printed and sold by A.B.' normally means 'Printed at London, and sold by A.B.' and must not be taken to mean that A.B. is a printer in the absence of other evidence." Further, "The imprint 'published by' occurs only rarely in Wing and is almost always associated with the name of a trade publisher" (104). While there are exceptions to the rule, it is "certain," he explains, "that anyone who made a speciality of distributing works for others will show a far higher proportion than normal of imprints in one of the 'sold by' forms" (116), which appear in the imprint as "sold by," "printed and sold by," or "published by" (104). Treadwell gives Walter Kettilby as an example of "a fairly typical copyright-owning bookseller" (106)—his role is almost always designated by the phrase "printed for" on imprints.

A final caution: publisher is a word that should be used with some deliberation. Samuel Johnson defines it simply as "One who puts out a book into the world," but "published by" rarely appears on the imprint until later in the eighteenth century, and then primarily associated with newspapers and pamphlets. Treadwell observes that John Dunton names only five publishers among the 200 binders and booksellers in his autobiographical Life and Errors (1705) wherein he undertakes "to draw the Character of the most Eminent [Stationers] in the Three Kingdoms" (100). Treadwell also remarks, however, that "in law, anyone who offered a work for sale 'published' it. In this sense every work had one or more 'publishers', and every bookseller, mercury, and hawker was a 'publisher'" (114).

See:

  • Terry Belanger, "From Bookseller to Publisher: Changes in the London Book Trade, 1750–1850," in Book Selling and Book Buying. Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century British and North American Book Trade, ed. Richard G. Landon (Chicago: American Library Association, 1978).
  • Bricker, Andrew Benjamin. "Who was 'A. Moore'? The Attribution of Eighteenth-Century Publications with False and Misleading Imprints," in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 110.2 (2016).
  • John Dunton, The Life and Errors of John Dunton (London: Printed for S. Malthus, 1705).
  • John Feather, "The Commerce of Letters: The Study of the Eighteenth-Century Book Trade," Eighteenth-Century Studies 17 (1984).
  • David Foxon, Pope and the Early Eighteenth-Century Book Trade, ed. James McLaverty (Oxford University Press, 1991).
  • Samuel Johnson, Dictionary of the English Language, (printed for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755).
  • D.F. McKenzie, The London Book Trade in the Later Seventeenth Century (Sandars lectures in bibliography, 1977).
  • Michael Treadwell, "London Trade Publishers 1675–1750," The Library sixth series, vol. 4, no. 2 (1982).

Sold by John Walthoe Junior

  • Smith, Joseph. Modern pleas for schism and infidelity reviewed. The second edition. The first part. London: printed, and sold by Henry Clements, at the Half moon; and Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; Robert Gosling, at the Mitre, and J. Hooke, at the Flower-de-Luce, in Fleet-Street; J. King, in Westminster-Hall; J. Waltho at the Golden Ball, over-against the Royal Exchange, MDCCXVI. [1716]. ESTC No. T102315. Grub Street ID 156149.

Printed for John Walthoe Junior

  • Wilkins, John. Of the principles and duties of natural religion: two books. By ... Dr. John Wilkins, ... To which is added, a sermon preached at his funeral, by William Lloyd, ... London: printed for J. Walthoe, jun., 1715. ESTC No. T194194. Grub Street ID 228167.
  • A catalogue of the common and statute law-books of this realm, with some others relating thereunto, to Michaelmas-Term, 1715. Alphabetically digested under proper titles. With an account of the best editions, and Common Prices they are now Sold at. London: printed for J. Walthoe in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters, and J. Walthoe, Junr. at the Golden Ball against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill, 1716. ESTC No. N14869. Grub Street ID 4628.
  • Hale, Matthew. The analysis of the law: being a scheme, or abstract, of the several titles and partitions of the law of England, ... By Sir Matthew Hale, ... London: printed for John Walthoe, and J. Walthoe Junr., 1716. ESTC No. N14895. Grub Street ID 4646.
  • The third part of reports of cases, taken and adjudged in the court of Chancery, in the reigns of King Charles II. King William, and Queen Anne. ... [London]: In the Savoy: printed by J. Nutt, Assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, and J. Walthoe Jun., 1716. ESTC No. T82592. Grub Street ID 303167.
  • Hale, Matthew. The history of the common law of England. Divided into twelve chapters. By Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. London: printed for John Walthoe in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters, and John Walthoe Junr. against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1716. ESTC No. N8429. Grub Street ID 53336.
  • A summary of the penal laws relating to nonjurors, papists, popish recusants, and nonconformists. And of the late statutes concerning the succession, riots, and imprisonment of suspected persons. Collected and put into such a Method, that the Reader may at one View satisfie his Enquiry. The Offences and Penalties being ranged opposite to each other. To which are added, several adjudged cases, and Notes upon the most material Points: Wherein are contained, all the Oaths, Submissions, Declarations, Confessions of Faith and Affirmations, Required by the Government, since the first Year of Queen Elizabeth, to this present Year 1716. The second edition. To which is now added, the two late acts; the one, for appointing commissioners to Enquire of the Estates of certain Traytors, &c. The other, to oblige papists to register their names and real estates. [London]: In the Savoy: printed by Eliz. Nutt, (executrix of J. N. assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for John Walthoe, in the Middle-Temple Cloysters, and John Walthoe jun. against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil, MDCCXVI. [1716]. ESTC No. N24894. Grub Street ID 14239.
  • Hale, Matthew. A short treatise touching sheriffs accompts. Written by Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. Sometime Lord Chief Justice of the King's-Bench. London: printed for J. Walthoe in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters, and J. Walthoe junr. at the Golden Ball against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1716. ESTC No. T118387. Grub Street ID 169936.
  • A compendium of the laws and government ecclesiastical, civil and military, of Great Britain and Ireland, and dominions, plantations and territories thereunto belonging. With the maritime power thereof, and jurisdiction of courts therein. Methodically digested under thei proper heads. The second edition. By H. Curson, of the Inner Temple, Esq;. London: printed for John Walthoe Junr. at the Golden Ball against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1716. ESTC No. N15360. Grub Street ID 5088.
  • Blackerby, S. Cases in law: wherein justices of peace have a jurisdiction, as well by their commission, as by Act of Parliament, ... from Edward the Third's time to this day: as they are reported in the year-books, and all the other reports down to this time. With the addition of some modern cases, ... Being the second part of The justice of peace's companion. By Samuel Blackerby, ... [London]: In the Savot [sic], printed by Eliz. Nutt, (executrix of J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe; and J. Walthoe jun, 1717. ESTC No. T66084. Grub Street ID 290890.
  • Reports of cases adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench; with some special cases in the courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from the first year of K. William and Q. Mary, to the tenth year of Queen Anne. By William Salkeld, ... [London]: In the Savoy: printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (assignees of Edward Sayer Esq;) for J. Walthoe; and J. Walthoe, jun., 1717-18. ESTC No. T97358. Grub Street ID 316783.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by John Walthoe Junior

  • Odingsells. The Bath unmask'd. A comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Odingsells. London: Printed and sold by J. Walthoe, over against the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill, and at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, MDCCXXV. [1725]. ESTC No. T72416. Grub Street ID 295942.

Author

  • Walthoe, John, Junior. A catalogue of modern English books, in divinity, history, law, physick, mathematicks, poetry, &c. [London]: Sold by J. Walthoe, Jun. over-against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill, [1722?]. ESTC No. N27059. Grub Street ID 16372.