Publications of A. Brice

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 A. Brice

  • Articles of inquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical, exhibited in visitation to the ministers, church-wardens, and sidemen, of every parish within the Archdeaconry of [blank]. Exon: printed by Andrew Brice for Edward Score, 1721. ESTC No. T187615. Grub Street ID 223533.
  • Newte, Samuel. A sermon preach'd in the parish-church of Tiverton, On Wednesday Sept. 1. 1725. At the opening of an Anniversary Meeting of the Gentlemen Educated at Tiverton School, And under the Revd. Mr. Rayner, the present Master of it, before his Removal from Barnstaple. By Samuel Newte, M. A. Rector of the Portion of Tidcomb, in the Church of Tiverton. Publish'd at the Request of the Master and Stewards. Exon: printed by Andrew Brice, for William Shutt, bookseller, in Tiverton, and sold by the booksellers of Exeter, MDCCXXV. [1725]. ESTC No. T53461. Grub Street ID 280422.
  • Render to all their dues: or, a dialogue between Timotheus and Pleonectes, Concerning the Converting Tithes and Offerings to Secular Uses. Exon: printed by Andrew Brice; and sold by John March, at the Bible, a little below St. Martin's-Lane, MDCCXXVI. [1726]. ESTC No. T65479. Grub Street ID 290395.
  • Ball, John. An answer to some common objections made against those ministers in the west, who have appear'd in defence of the doctrine of the ever blessed Trinity and its importance. ... By John Ball. Exon: printed by A. Brice, for Aaron Tozer, jun., 1727. ESTC No. N30422. Grub Street ID 19386.
  • Enty, John. A sermon preach'd at Exon, October the 11th, 1727. being the day of Their most excellent Majesties K. George the 2d's And Queen Caroline's coronation. By John Enty. Exon: printed by And. Brice, for Aaron Tozer, jun. Bookseller, at the Sign of the Bible, in the High-Street, MDCCXXVII. [1727]. ESTC No. T115930. Grub Street ID 167613.
  • Chapple, William. Calumny confuted, by the plain evidence of plain facts, supported by plain reasoning: being a true account of the author's proceedings relative to the subject of a late dispute, ... Exeter: printed by A. Brice; and sold by B. Thorn and E. Score, [1761]. ESTC No. T27081. Grub Street ID 259026.
  • Pitfield, William. Remarks on a pamphlet lately published by the Rev. Mr. Archdeacon Sleech. By William Pitfield. To which are subjoined, by William Chapple, some further observations on so much of the said pamphlet as relates to himself and his evidence. [Exeter]: Printed by A Brice, in Northgate-Street, Exon; and sold by all the booksellers, 1762. ESTC No. T27512. Grub Street ID 259426.
  • Westcott, Samuel. Several discourses on the following subjects: of remembering God our creator in Youth. Of Gratitude, or Thanksgiving, to God, for his Mercy and Goodness; Two Sermons. Of Casting our Care on God; Two Sermons. Of Thinking on our Ways. The Witnesses of Christ's Resurrection proved to be valid. Of the effusion of the Holy Ghost after Christ's ascension. Printed at the earnest Request of the Hearers. To which is, by Desire, added a sermon preach'd before the assembly of ministers in Exon. By Samuel Westcott. Exon: printed by Andrew Brice; and sold by the booksellers, 1762. ESTC No. T104824. Grub Street ID 158321.

Sold by A. Brice

  • Eveleigh, Josiah. A vindication of Mr. Trosse from the charge of uncharitableness: proving, by ten arguments, grounded upon many plain and full Texts of Scripture, that the doctrine of the Trinity, and true deity of Christ, is fundamental. With a preliminary discourse touching Christ, as the Son of God, to Confute the False Sense of that Phrase, and Confirm the True. By Josiah Eveleigh, Minister of the Gospel. Exon: printed and sold by Andrew Brice, at the Head of the Serge-Market, in Southgate-Street, 1719. ESTC No. T178684. Grub Street ID 215572.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by A. Brice

  • Lock, Peter, of North-Moulton. An exmoor scolding; in the propriety and decency of Exmoor language, between two sisters, Wilmot Moreman and Thomasin Moreman, as they were spinning. Also, an Exmoor courtship. Exon: printed and sold by A. Brice and B. Thorn, opposite the Guildhall, MDCLXVIII. [1768]. ESTC No. T136837. Grub Street ID 184951.

Author

  • Brice, A.. Freedom: a poem, written in time of recess from the rapacious claws of bailiffs, and devouring fangs of goalers, by Andrew Brice, printer. To which is annexed the author's case. Exon: printed by and for the author, at his printing-office opposite to St. Stephen's Church, in the High-Street, [1730]. ESTC No. T126080. Grub Street ID 176116.
  • Brice, A.. The grand gazetteer, or topographic dictionary, both general and special, and antient as well as modern, &c. Being A succinct but comprehensive Geographical Description of the various Countries of the habitable known World, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; more especially of Great-Britain and Ireland, and all the British Settlements abroad, or where we have Trade, Commerce, or Correspondence. Shewing The situation, Extent, and Boundaries, of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, Provinces, Cities, Chief Towns, &c. with their several Climates, Soils, Produces, Animals, Plants, Minerals, &c. the Government, Traffick, Arts, Manufactures, Customs, Manners, and Religion, of the divers Nations; and the vast many admirable (some of them stupendous) Curiosities both Natural and Artificial; the most remarkable Events, Accidents, and Revolutions, in all past Ages; &c. &c. Aptly and requisitely interspers'd with many Thousands of uncommon Passages, strange Occurrences, critical Observations. Exon: printed by and for the Author, at his Printing-House, in North-Gate-Street, Exon, MDCCLIX. [1759]. ESTC No. T35796. Grub Street ID 265829.
  • Brice, A.. A universal geographical dictionary; or, grand gazetteer; of general, special, antient and modern geography: including a comprehensive view of ... Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; more especially of the British dominions ... Illustrated by a map of the world, particula ones of the different quarters, ... By Andrew Brice, of Exeter. In two volumes. ... London: printed for, and sold by, J. Robinson and W. Johnston; P. Davey and B. Law; and H. Woodgate and S. Brooks, 1759. ESTC No. N7060. Grub Street ID 51116.
  • Brice, A.. The mobiad: or, battle of the voice. An heroi-comic poem, sportively satirical: being a briefly historical, natural and lively, free and humorous, description of an Exeter election. In Six Canto's. Illustrated with such Notes as for some Readers may be supposed useful. By Democritus Juvenal, Moral Professor of Ridicule, and plaguy-pleasant Fellow of Stingtickle College; vulgarly Andrew Brice, Exon. Exon: printed and sold by Brice and Thorn: and sold also by T. Davies, in Great-Russel Street, Covent-Garden, London, MDCCLXX. [1770]. ESTC No. N4714. Grub Street ID 31880.
  • Brice, A.. The mobiad: or, battle of the voice. An heroi-comic poem, sportively satirical: being a briefly historical, natural and lively, free and humorous, description of an Exeter election. In Six Canto's. Illustrated with such Notes as for some Readers may be supposed useful. By Democritus Juvenal, Moral Professor of Ridicule, and plaguy-pleasant Fellow of Stingtickle College; vulgarly Andrew Brice, Exon. [London]: Printed for T. Davies, in Great-Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, London. Sold by B. Thorn in Exeter, and other booksellers in the West, MDCCLXX. [1770]. ESTC No. T126088. Grub Street ID 176124.