Publications of Joshua Phillips

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 Joshua Phillips

  • Cooke, James. Mellificium chirurgiæ: or, the marrow of chirurgery. With the anatomy of human bodies according to the most modern anatomists; illustrated with many anatomical observations. Institutions of physick, with Hippocrates's Aphorisms largely commented upon. The marrow of physick shewing the causes, signs and cures of most diseases incident to human bodies. Choice experienced receits for the cure of several distempers. The fourth edition, enlarged, with many additions. Illustrated in its several parts with twelve copper cuts. By James Cooke of Warwick, practitioner in physick and chirurgery. Revised, corrected and purged from many faults that escaped in the former editions, by reason of the authors great distance from the press; by Tho. Gibson, M.D. and fellow of the Colledg of Physicians, London. Licensed by the Colledg of Physicians. London: printed for W[illiam] M[arshall] and sold by Joshua Phillips at the Seven Stars in St. Paul's Church-yard, MDCXCIII. [1693]. ESTC No. R215967. Grub Street ID 90915.

Printed for Joshua Phillips

  • Boyle, Robert. The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. epitomiz'd. Vol. I. By Richard Boulton, of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford. Illustrated with copper plates. London: printed for J. Phillips at the King's Arms, and J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard [and are to be sold by Thomas Bennet and John Wyat], MDCXCIX. [-1700, i.e. 1699 - 1700]. ESTC No. R9129. Grub Street ID 129236.
  • James, Thomas. A treatise of the corruption of Scripture, councils and fathers, by the prelats, pastors and pillars of the Church of Rome, for maintenance of popery. By Thomas James, student in divinity, and chief keeper of the publick library in the University of Oxford, of the honourable foundation of Sir Thomas Bodley kt. Together with a sufficient answer unto James Gretser and Anthony Possevine Jesuits, and the unknown author of The grounds of the old religion & the new. Divided into five parts. London: printed for Josh Phillips at the Seven Stars, and Joseph Watts at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1688. ESTC No. R2522. Grub Street ID 108927.
  • Glanvill, Joseph. An earnest invitation to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. With devotions, &c. By Jos. Glanvill, chaplain in ordinary to His late Majesty. London: printed for J. Phillips at the Seven Stars, and J. Watts at the Angel, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1688. ESTC No. R215149. Grub Street ID 90245.
  • Glanvill, Joseph. An earnest invitation to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. By Jos. Glanvill, D.D. late minister in Bath. London: printed for J. Phillips at the Kings Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1695. ESTC No. R215775. Grub Street ID 90743.
  • Phillips, Edward. The new world of vvords: or, A universal English dictionary. Containing the proper significations and derivations of all words from other languages, viz. Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, British, Dutch, Saxon, &c. as now made use of in ou English tongue. Together with definitions of all those terms that conduce to the understanding of any of the arts or sciences, ... To which is added, the interpretations of proper names, derived from the ancient and modern tongues; as also the sum of all the most remarkable mythology and history, deduced from the names of persons eminent in either; and likewise the geographical descriptions of the chief countries and cities in the world, especially of these three nations. collected and published by E.P. The fifth edition, with large additions and improvements from the best English and foreign authors, ... A work very necessary for strangers, as well as our own countrymen, ... . London: printed for R. Bently in Russel-street, Covent Garden; J. Phillips, at the King's Arms in S. Paul's Church-yard; H. Rhodes, at the corner of Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in S. Paul's Church-yard, MDCXCVI. [1696]. ESTC No. R24462. Grub Street ID 108251.
  • Phillips, Edward. The new world of words: or, A universal English dictionary. containing the proper significations and derivations of all words from other languages ... Together with the definitions of all those terms that conduce to the understanding of any of the arts or sciences ... to which is added, the interpretations of proper names ... collected and published by E.P. The fifth edition, with large additions and improvements ... London: printed for J[oshua]. Phillips, at the King's-Arms in S. Paul's church-yard; and H[enry]. Rhodes, at the Star, the corner of Bride-Lane, in Fleet-street, 1700. ESTC No. R181772. Grub Street ID 72215.
  • Glanvill, Joseph. An earnest invitation to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Wherein all the excuses that men ordinarily make for their not coming to the holy communion are answered. By Jos. Glanvill, late minister of Bath. London: printed for J. Phillips, at the Kings'-Arms in S. Paul's Church-Yard; and M. Wotton, at the Three Daggers in Fleet-street, 1700. ESTC No. R43201. Grub Street ID 124251.
  • Cooke, James. Mellificium chirurgiæ: Or, The marrow of chirurgery. With the anatomy of human bodies according to the most modern anatomists; illustrated with many anatomical observations. Institutions of physick, with Hippocrates’s Aphorisms largely commented upon. The marrow of physick shewing the causes, signs and cures of most diseases incident to human bodies. Choice experienced receipts for the cure of several distempers. The fourth edition, enlarged, with many additions. Illustrated in its several parts with twelve copper cuts. By James Cooke of Warwick, practitioner in physick and chirurgery. Revised, corrected and purged from many faults that escaped in the former editions, by reason of the author’s great distance from the press; by Tho. Gibson, M.D. and fellow of the College of Physicians, London. Licensed by the College of Physicians. London: printed for Joshua Phillips, at the Kings-Arms in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1700. ESTC No. R469736. Grub Street ID 359275.
  • Cooke, James. Mellificium chirurgiæ: Or, The marrow of chirurgery. With the anatomy of human bodies according to the most modern anatomists; illustrated with many anatomical observations. Institutions of physick, with Hippocrates's Aphorisms largely commented upon. The marrow of physick shewing the causes, signs and cures of most diseases incident to human bodies. Choice experienced receipts for the cure of several distempers. The fourth edition, enlarged, with many additions. Illustrated in its several parts with twelve copper cuts. By James Cooke of Warwick, practitioner in physick and chirurgery. Revised, corrected and purged from many faults that escaped in the former editions, by reason of the author's great distance from the press; by Tho. Gibson, M.D. and fellow of the College of Physicians, London. Licensed by the College of Physicians. London: printed for Joshua Phillips, at the Kings-Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1760 [i.e. 1700]. ESTC No. R232049. Grub Street ID 103927.
  • Eachard, John. Dr. Eachard's works, viz. I. The grounds and occasions of the contempt of the clergy and religion enquir'd into; in a letter to R. L. II. Observations on an Answer to the Enquiry; in a second letter to the same. III. Mr. Hobbs's State of nature considered; in a dialogue between Philautus and Timothy. To which are added Five letters, &c. By John Eachard, D. D. late Master of Katherine-Hall, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. London : printed for J. Phillips at the King’s·arms in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, H. Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet, and J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, MDCCV. [1705]. ESTC No. T145327. Grub Street ID 192069.
  • Kersey, John. Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum: or, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Mathematicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Traffick, Husbandry, Gardening, Handicrafts, Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, &c. To which is Added, A Large Collection of Words and Phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our Ancient Statutes; Old Records, Charters, Writs, and Processes at Law, never before publish'd in so Small a Volume: Besides an Interpretation of the proper Names of Men and Women, and several other Remarkable Particulars mentioned in the Preface. The Whole Work Compil'd, an. London: printed for J. Phillips, at the King's-Arms, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Taylor, at the Ship and Black-Swan, in Pater-Noster-Row, and administrat of H. Rhodes, MDCCXXI. [1721]. ESTC No. T133238. Grub Street ID 182083.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Joshua Phillips

  • Wilkinson, Henry. Two treatises concerning I. God's all-sufficiency, and II. Christ's preciousness. Being the substance of some sermons long since preached in the University of Oxford. By Henry Wilkinson, D.D. Then principal of Magdalen-Hall, Oxon. London: printed by Thomas Milbourn, for John Kidgel, and Joshua Philips; and are to be sold at the Atlas in Cornhil, and at the Seven-Stars in Paul's-Church-Yard, 1681. ESTC No. R461. Grub Street ID 124964.
  • The gentleman's recreation: in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing. Wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore. Whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation. With an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same. London: printed, and are to be sold by Jos. Phillips at the Seven Stars in St. Paul's Church-yard, and Hen. Rodes next door to the Swan-Tavern, near Bride-Lane in Fleetstreet, 1686. ESTC No. R33687. Grub Street ID 116270.