Publications of John Andrews

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).

Printed for John Andrews

  • The Devil turned Quaker, or, The damnable, divellish, and accursed doctrines and designes of these desperate, deluded, and deluding people called Quakers their damnable opinions and horrid blasphemies touching the person and deity of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : especially the divelish practices and accursed blasphemies and opinions of one James Neyler ... who blasphemously declared himself to be God and was publikely worshipped as God by his wicked disciples at Bristol, who now lye in prison ... London: Printed for John Andrews .., 1656. ESTC No. R12502. Grub Street ID 60674.

Author

  • Andrews, John. Historical atlas of England; physical, political, astronomical, civil and ecclesiastical, Biographical, Naval, Parliamentary, and Geographical; Ancient and Modern; from the Deluge to the Present Time in which are Described its Minerals, Curiosities, Inland Fisheries and Navigation, Commerce, Peerages, Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, &c. Interspersed with geographical notes and dates for the Curious, and explanations to each map, in order to enable Persons of every Rank to read, with Advantage, the Natural History, Antiquities, Poetry, Belles Lettres, and Geography of this Country. To which are Added, A Physical Map of the Terrestrial Globe, To shew the Connection of the great Chains of Mountains, Seas and Rivers, with those of Britain; and A Political Chart of Europe, To shew the Naval and Commercial Intercourse between this Country and the Continent. Delineated in a Series of Interesting Maps, the Result of a Variety of Critical Researches. By John Andrews, Geographer, Land-Surveyor, . London: printed by J. Smeeton: sold by the author, No. 211, facing Air Street, Piccadilly. (entered at Stationers Hall.), 1797. ESTC No. T88948. Grub Street ID 308887.
  • Andrews, John. A collection of plans of the most capital cities ... in Europe, and some remarkable cities in Asia, Africa, & America: with a description ... In two volumes. By Jno. Andrews. ... London: published according to Act of Parliament 15 March 1771. & sold by Jno. Andrews A. Dury Mr. de L'Etanville D. Wilson & G. Nicol, C. Bowles & Richardson & Urquhart, 1771. ESTC No. T88955. Grub Street ID 308893.
  • Andrews, John. A review of the characters of the principal nations in Europe. In two volumes. ... Dublin: printed for P. and W. Wilson, J. Potts, J. William, W. Colles, and T. Walker, 1770. ESTC No. T126193. Grub Street ID 176218.
  • Andrews, John. A review of the characters of the principal nations in Europe. In two volumes. Vol. I. London: printed for T. Cadell (successor to Mr. Millar) in the Strand, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]. ESTC No. T89448. Grub Street ID 309344.
  • Andrews, John. An account of the character and manners of the French; with occasional observations on the English. In two volumes. ... London: printed and sold by E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry, J. Robson New-Bond-Street, and J. Walter at Charing-Cross, MDCCLXX. [1770]. ESTC No. T117613. Grub Street ID 169199.
  • Andrews, John. Reflections on the too prevailing spirit of dissipation and gallantry; shewing its dreadful consequences to publick freedom. By the author of The review of the characters of the principal nations in Europe; and of An Account of the Character and Manners of the French, with Occasional Observations on the English. London: printed for E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; J. Walter, at Charing-Cross; and J. Robson, in New-Bond-Street. Of whom may be had, The Account of the Character and Manners of the French, &c., M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]. ESTC No. T110018. Grub Street ID 162614.
  • Andrews, John. A collection of plans of the capital cities of Europe, and some remarkable cities in Asia, Africa, & America: with a description ... In two volumes. By Jno. Andrews. ... London: published according to Act of Parliament 15 March 1771. & sold by Jno. Andrews A. Dury Mr. de L'Etanville D. Wilson & G. Nicol, C. Bowles & Richardson & Urquhart, [1771]. ESTC No. N27819. Grub Street ID 17060.
  • Andrews, John. A collection of plans of the most capital cities ... in Europe and some remarkable cities in the other three parts of the world ... By Jno. Andrews. ... London: published according to Act of Parliament Decr. 30 March 1772. by John Hand, and sold by A. Dury, & D. Wilson & G. Nicol, [1772]. ESTC No. N27821. Grub Street ID 17063.
  • Andrews, John. The history of the revolutions of Denmark. With an account of the present state of that Kingdom and people. By John Andrews, L.L.D. In two volumes. ... London: printed for J. Nourse, bookseller to his majesty, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]. ESTC No. T88188. Grub Street ID 308168.
  • Andrews, John. Two additional letters (being the third and fourth) to His Excellency the Count de Welderen, on the present situation of affairs between Great Britain and the United Provinces. With an appendix. By John Andrews, LL. D. London: printed for Benjamin White, Horace's Head, Fleet-Street, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]. ESTC No. T88346. Grub Street ID 308313.
  • Andrews, John. Letters to His Excellency the Count de Welderen, on the present situation of affairs between Great Britain and the United Provinces. By John Andrews, LL. D. London: printed for Benjamin White, Horace's Head, Fleet-Street, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]. ESTC No. T88187. Grub Street ID 308167.
  • Andrews, John. Considerations on the present interests of the Dutch, with respect to Great Britain. By John Andrews, LL.D. London: printed for John Fielding, and John Sewell, 1782. ESTC No. N36088. Grub Street ID 24069.
  • Andrews, John. The conduct of Holland towards Great Britain, examined; in letters to Count Welderen. ... By John Andrews, LL.D. London: printed for John Fielding; and John Sewell, 1782. ESTC No. N44615. Grub Street ID 30014.
  • Andrews, John. An inquiry into the manners, taste, and amusements, of the two last centuries, in England. By John Andrews, LL.D. London: printed for J. Debrett (successor to Mr. Almon), Opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]. ESTC No. T90071. Grub Street ID 309926.
  • Andrews, John. Remarks on the French and English ladies, in a series of letters; interspersed with various anecdotes, and additional matter, arising from the subject. By John Andrews, LL. D. London: printed for T. Longman, and G. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]. ESTC No. T88347. Grub Street ID 308314.
  • Andrews, John. Remarks on the French and English ladies, in a series of letters; interspersed with various anecdotes, and Additional Matter arising from the Subject. By John Andrews, LL.D. Dublin: printed for Walker, Beatty, Burton, White, and Doyle, M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]. ESTC No. T129626. Grub Street ID 179046.
  • Andrews, John. An analysis of the principal duties of social life: written in imitation of Rochefoucault: in a series of letters to a young gentleman, on his entrance into the world. By John Andrews, LL. D. London: printed for Richardson and Urquhart, at the Royal-Exchange, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]. ESTC No. T88362. Grub Street ID 308329.
  • Andrews, John. Letters to a young gentleman, on his setting out for France: containing a survey of Paris, and a review of French literature; with rules and directions for travellers, and various observations and anecdotes relating to the subject. By John Andrews, L.L.D. London: printed for J. Walter, Charing Cross; and W. Brown, corner of Essex-street, Strand, M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]. ESTC No. T88333. Grub Street ID 308299.
  • Andrews, John. History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland; commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783. By John Andrews L.L.D. In four volumes with portraits maps and charts. Vol. I. London: published by His Majesty's royal licence and authority. For John Fielding Pater Noster Row and; and John Jarvis in the Strand, MDCCLXXXV. [1785]-86. ESTC No. T88338. Grub Street ID 308304.
  • Andrews, John. A comparative view of the French and English nations, in their manners, politics, and literature. By John Andrews, LL. D. London: printed for T. Longman, and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXXXV. [1785]. ESTC No. T88340. Grub Street ID 308307.
  • Andrews, John. History of the late war. By the King's royal licence and authority. On Saturday July 16, 1785, will be published, (embellished with the Four following beautiful Copper-Plates, Drawn and Engraved by the first Artists, viz. - I. A whole Length of George III. in his Coronation Robes, from a Painting of Sir Joshua Reynolds. - II. A striking Likeness of Sir George Augustus Eliott, Governor of Gibraltar. - III. A Quarto Chart of the British Channel, beautifully Coloured. - IV. An Emblematical Vignette, and Engraved Title.) number I. To be continued weekly, and completed in twenty-eight numbers, at one shilling each, a History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland. Commencing in 1775, and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, L.L.D. London: printed for John Fielding, Paternoster-Row, and John Jarvis, In The Strand: sold also by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly; And All Other Booksellers In Town And Country, [1785]. ESTC No. N8303. Grub Street ID 53211.
  • Andrews, John. A comparative view of the French and English nations, in their manners, politics, and literature. By John Andrews, ... Dublin: printed by William Porter, for Messrs. White, Byrne and Marchbank, 1785. ESTC No. T164976. Grub Street ID 203236.
  • Andrews, John. A defence of the stadtholdership; wherein the necessity of that office in the United Provinces is demonstrated; and the Designs and Conduct of the Party that Opposes it are Examined, With a review of the pernicious consequences that have attended the alliances and connections of the United Provinces with France; and the Dangers to which they are Exposed from Their Present Situation. By John Andrews, LL. D. London: printed for W. Richardson, at the Royal-Exchange, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]. ESTC No. T88345. Grub Street ID 308312.
  • Andrews, John. An history of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland. Begun in the year 1775, and ended in 1783. Aberdeen: printed by and for A. Leighton, 1787. ESTC No. N8982. Grub Street ID 53882.