Publications of Joseph Pote

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 by Joseph Pote

  • Farther English examples containing I. Cautions for children in rendering English into Latin, with the peculiar signification and use of certain English particles. II. Useful Observations for the Young Beginner. III. Figura: or, the figures of construction. Each Part explained by proper Examples. With a vocabulary, English and Latin. Eton: printed by Joseph Pote; sold also by Thomas Pote, in Fleet-Street, London, 1761. ESTC No. N31773. Grub Street ID 20649.

Printed for Joseph Pote

  • R. B. The history of the lives of those famous English divines, that were most zealous in promoting the Reformation. Namely. I. John Wickliff. II. John Frith ... [London]: Printed for Joseph Pote at Eton, 1746. ESTC No. T190237. Grub Street ID 225434.

Author

  • Pote, Joseph. Le guide des etrangers: ou le compagnon necessaire & instructif à l'etranger & au naturel du pays, en faisant le tour des villes de Londres & de Westminstre. ... Londres: chez Joseph Pote, 1729. ESTC No. T56047. Grub Street ID 282595.
  • Pote, Joseph. Le guide des etrangers: ou le compagnon necessaire & instructif à l'etranger & au naturel du pays, en faisant le tour des villes de Londres & de Westminstre. ... Londres: au depens de J. Pote; & se vend chez J. Batley; A. Rocayrol; J. Penn; & F. Cogan, 1730. ESTC No. T56046. Grub Street ID 282594.
  • Pote, Joseph. A letter to A .... B .... Esq; concerning subscriptions, and the compleat edition of Dr. Cave's Historia literaria, now printing at the Theatre in Oxford. [London]: [sold by J. Roberts] anno domini, 1737. ESTC No. T66356. Grub Street ID 291101.
  • Pote, Joseph. A letter to A .... B .... Esq; concerning subscriptions, and the new edition of Dr. Cave's Historia literaria. London: [sold by J. Roberts], 1737. ESTC No. T66357. Grub Street ID 291102.
  • Pote, Joseph. A second letter concerning the compleat edition of Dr. Cave's Historia literaria; now printing at the Theatre at Oxford. Giving a farther account of the present impression, and of the author's intention to publish it before his death. Extracted from letters that passed between Dr. Cave and his learned correspondents, ... [London: Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane] anno domini, [1739]. ESTC No. T66358. Grub Street ID 291103.
  • Pote, Joseph. Le guide des etrangers: on le compagnon necessaire & instructif à l'etranger & au naturel du pays en faisant le tour des villes des Londres et de Westminstre. ... Londres: Chez J. Pote; J. Jolliffe; & J. Carter, 1740. ESTC No. T56044. Grub Street ID 282592.
  • Pote, Joseph. The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and Chapel of St. George: with the Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter: Including, The several Foundations in the Castle, From their First Establishment to the Present Time: With an Account of the Town and Corporation of Windsor; the Royal Apartments, and Paintings in the Castle; the Ceremonies of the Installation of a Knight of the Garter; also an Account of the first Founders, and their Successors Knights-Companions, to the present time, with their several Stiles or Titles, at large, from their Plates in the Choir of St. George's Chapel; the Succession of the Deans and Prebends of Windsor; the Alms-Knights; the Monumental, and Ancient Inscriptions; with other Particulars not mentioned by any Author. The whole intirely new wrote, and Illustrated with Cor. Eton: printed by Joseph Pote, Bookseller, MDCCXLIX. [1749]. ESTC No. T95997. Grub Street ID 315479.
  • Pote, Joseph. Le guide des etrangers: ou le compagnon necessaire & instructif à l'etranger & au naturel du pays, en faisant le tour des villes des Londres et de Westminstre. ... Londres: chez l'imprimerie de H. Kent; E. Comyns; Jo. Jolliffe, 1752. ESTC No. T102545. Grub Street ID 156353.
  • Pote, Joseph. Les delices de Windsore; or, a description of Windsor Castle,and the country adjacent, treating, I. Of the Castle. II. Of the Royal Appartments and the Paintings therein. III. Of the Chaple of St. George. IV. Of the Order of the Garter. V. Of the Town and Forest of Windsor, the Parks, and Villages in the Neighbourhood. With two views of the castle, and other cutts. To which is added an appendix, containing the ceremonies of installation of a knight of the Garter in St. George's Chapel. Eton: printed by Joseph, and Thomas Pote, [1755]. ESTC No. T65426. Grub Street ID 290341.
  • Pote, Joseph. An appendix to The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the most noble order of the garter; containing the names of the Knights of the Garter, with their several stiles, or titles at large, from their eschuteons, or plates of arms in St. George's Chapel, continued from the year 1741. Also, an alphabetical index of all the plates of arms of the knights companions, mentioned in the said history; with other necessary additions to the present year. Eton: [Joseph Pote], MDCCLXII. [1762]. ESTC No. T95994. Grub Street ID 315476.
  • Pote, Joseph. Les delices de Windsore; or, a description of Windsor Castle, and the country adjacent, treating, I. Of the Castle. II. Of the Royal Appartments and the Paintings therein. III. Of the Chapel of St. George. IV. Of the Order of the Garter. V. Of the Town and Forest of Windsor, the Parks, and Villages in the Neighbourhood. With two views of the castle, a nd other cutts, To which is added an appendix, containing the ceremonies of installation of a Knigh of the Garter in St. George's Chapel. Eton: printed by J. Pote; sold also by T. Pote, in Fleet-Street, London, MDCCLXIII. [1763]. ESTC No. T65425. Grub Street ID 290340.
  • Pote, Joseph. The foreigner's guide: or, a necessary and instructive companion both for the foreigner and native, in their tour through the cities of London and Westminster. ... London: printed and sold by H. Kent; T. Hope; J. Joliffe; and T. Pote at Eton, 1763. ESTC No. T217140. Grub Street ID 242295.
  • Pote, Joseph. Le guide des etrangers: ou le compagnon necessaire & instructif à l'etranger & au naturel du pays, en faisant le tour des villes des Londres et de Westminstre. ... Londres: chez l'imprimerie de H. Kent; T. Hope; J. Jolliffe, & T. Pote, Eton, 1763. ESTC No. T56045. Grub Street ID 282593.
  • Pote, Joseph. Les delices de Windsore; or, a pocket companion to Windsor Castle; and the country adjacent; ... Eton: printed by J. Pote. Sold also, by Mr. Walter; Mr. Ridley; Mr. Williams; Mr. Parker, London; and by J. Snow at Windsor, [1769?]. ESTC No. N50224. Grub Street ID 34331.
  • Pote, Joseph. Les delices de Windsore; or, a pocket companion to Windsor Castle; and the country adjacent; ... To which is added, an appendix; ... With two views of the castle; ... Eton: printed by J. Pote, MDCCLXIX. Sold also, by Mr. Walter; Mr. Ridley; Mr. Williams; and Mr. Parker, London, [1769]. ESTC No. T129483. Grub Street ID 178941.
  • Pote, Joseph. Les delices de Windsore; or, a pocket companion to Windsor Castle; ... To which is added, an appendix; containing the ceremonies at large of the installation of a knight of the Garter; ... [Eton]: Printed by J. Pote, MDCCLXXI. Sold also, by Mr. Williams; Mr. Walter; and Mr. Parker, London, [1771]. ESTC No. T187267. Grub Street ID 223325.
  • Pote, Joseph. Les delices de Windsore; or, a pocket companion to Windsor Castle; a new edition: containing, a description of the castle, with the new arrangement of the pictures, (1778.) in the royal appartments [sic], the Royal Chapel of St. George, and the Order of the Garter. Also an account of the town, parks, and forest of Windsor. The several lodges, villages, and gentlemen's seats in the neighbourhood. With other particulars of general observation. To which is added, an appendix; containing the ceremonies of the installation of a Knight of the Garter; with an account of the first founders and the present knight companions. With views of the castle and other cuts. [Eton]: Printed by J. Pote, Price 1s. 6d. Bound. Sold also by Mr. Williams, at No. 39, in Fleet-Street, London, [1778]. ESTC No. T95995. Grub Street ID 315477.
  • Pote, Joseph. This day is published; with an accurate plan of the castle, ... Les delices de Windsore; or the new Windsor guide, for the year 1784. ... [Eton]: Printed by J. Pote, 1784. ESTC No. T95959. Grub Street ID 315441.