Publications of Thomas Woodward

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 Thomas Woodward

  • Daniel de Foe's new invention to get money. [London: printed by Tho. Woodward, 1720?]. ESTC No. T215130. Grub Street ID 241328.
  • Melon, Jean François. A political essay upon commerce. Written in French by Monsieur M***** Translated, with some annotations and remarks, by David Bindon, Esq;. [Dublin]: Printed at Dublin: and sold by T. Woodward; and T. Cox; in London, 1739. ESTC No. T174608. Grub Street ID 211688.

Sold by Thomas Woodward

  • Select translations from the works of Sannazarius, H. Grotius, Bapt. Amaltheus, D. Heinsius, G. Buchanan, and M. Hier. Vida. To which is prefix'd, some account of the authors. By Mr. Rooke. London: printed for J. Millan at Locke's-Head in Shug-Lane, near the upper End of the Hay-Market; and sold by G. Strahan in Cornhill, A. Bettesworth in Pater-Noster-Row, T. Woodward in Fleet-Street, J. Stagg in Westminster-Hall, S. Harding in St. Martin's-Lane, J. Jackson in Pall-Mall, and N. Blandford at Charing-Cross, MDCCXXVI. [1726]. ESTC No. N21772. Grub Street ID 11126.
  • Lowe, Solomon. Latin rudiments contrived by Solomon Lowe containing every thing in Lilye, except a few particulars, instead of which, several generals are here added, of much more importance. For the use of Prince William. London: Sold by J. Wyat, in Paul’s Church-Yard; S. Ballard, in Little Britain. J. Noon, in Cheapside, T. Woodward, in Fleet-street; J. Groenwege & N. Prevost, in the Strand; J. Jackson, in Pall-mall, C. King, in Westminster hall, MDCCXXVII. [1727]. ESTC No. T176684. Grub Street ID 213700.
  • Lowe, Solomon. Italian rudiments for the use of Prince William. Propos'd as every way better than any, and more comprehensive than all the grammars and grammatical treatises yet extant in any language. London: MDCCXXVIII. Sold by J. Wyat in Paul's Church-Yard, S. Ballard in Little-Britain, J. Noon in Cheapside, T. Woodward in Fleet-Street, J. Groenwege and N. Prevost, in the Strand, J. Jackson in Pall-Mall, C. King in Westminster-Hall, 1728]. ESTC No. T167067. Grub Street ID 205207.
  • Lowe, Solomon. Latin rudiments for the use of Prince William. Propos'd as much easier than any, and full as comprehensive as need by for the generality of those that learn the language. London: MDCCXXVIII. Sold by J. Wyat in Paul’s Church-yard, S. Ballard in Little-Britain, J. Noon in Cheapside, T. Woodward in Fleet-street, J. Groenwege and N. Prevost in the Strand, J. Jackson in Pall-Mall, C. King in Westminster-hall, [1728]. ESTC No. N54233. Grub Street ID 38048.

Printed for Thomas Woodward

  • Garengeot, René-Jacques Croissant de. A treatise of chirurgical operations, according to the mechanism of the parts of the humane body, and the theory and practice Of the most Learned and Experienced Surgeons in Paris. With the bandages for each Apparatus, and a Description of the Instruments Proper for Chirurgical Operations. Translated from the French of Mons. Renatus James Croissant Garengeot. Revis'd and corrected by Mr. St. Andre. London: printed for Tho. Woodward, at the Half-Moon against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1723. ESTC No. N14304. Grub Street ID 4184.
  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. The life and actions of that ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Wrote by M. Cervantes Saavedra. To be published monthly. Numb. I. London: printed for Thomas Woodward, at the Half-Moon over against St.Duncan's hurch in Fleet street; and John Peele, at Lock's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXV. [1725]. ESTC No. N12326. Grub Street ID 2332.
  • Haywood, Eliza. A spy on the conjurer. Or, a collection of surprising and diverting stories, with merry and ingenious letters. By way of memoirs of the famous Mr. Duncan Campbell, demonstrating the astonishing Foresight of that Wonderful Deaf and Dumb Man. The Whole being Moral and Instructive. Written to my Lord-----by a Lady, who, for Twenty Years past, has made it her Business to observe all Transactions in the Life and Conversation of Mr. Campbell. Revised by Mrs. Eliz. Haywood. London: printed for William Ellis, at the Queens Head in Gracechurch-Street; J. Brotherton, near the Royal-Exchange; J. Batley, in Pater-Noster-Row; T. Woodward, at Half-Moon against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street; J. Fox, in Westminster-Hall, [1725]. ESTC No. T75683. Grub Street ID 298313.
  • Kaempfer, Engelbert. The second appendix to Dr. Engelbert Kæmpfer's History of Japan: being part of an authentick journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in the year 1673. London: printed for Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis, 1728. ESTC No. T124604. Grub Street ID 174788.
  • Euclid. Euclid’s elements of geometry, from the Latin translation of Commandine. To which is added, a treatise of the nature of arithmetic of logarithms; likewise another of the elements of plain and spherical trigonometry; with a preface, shewing the usefulness and excellency of this work. By Doctor John Keil, F.R.S. and late Professor of Astronomy in Oxford. The whole revised; where deficient, supplied; where lost or corrupted, restored. Also many faults committed by Dr. Harris, Mr. Caswel, Mr. Heynes, and other trigonometrical writers, are shewn; and in those cases where they are mistaken, here are given solutions geometrically true. An ample account of which may be seen in the preface, by Samuel Cunn. The third edition, carefully revised and corrected, by John Ham, teacher of mathematics in Great-Kirby-street, Hatton-Garden. By whom is subjoined an appendix, containing the investigation of those series’s omitted by the author. And the difference between Dr. Keil and Mr. Cunn impartially examined and adjusted. London: printed for Tho. Woodward; and sold by J. Osborn, 1733. ESTC No. T146425. Grub Street ID 193073.
  • Kelyng, John. A report of divers cases in pleas of the Crown, adjudged and determined; in the reign of the late King Charles II. With directions for justices of the peace and others. Collected by Sir John Kelyng, Knt. Late Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench. From the original manuscript, under his own hand. To which are added the reports of three modern cases, Viz. Armstrong and Lisle; The King and Plumer; The Queen and Mawgridge. [London]: In the Savoy: printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for T. Woodward at the Half-Moon in Fleet-Street, J. Stagg in Westminster-Hall, and D. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, MDCCXXXIX. [1739]. ESTC No. N12838. Grub Street ID 2809.
  • Cramer, Johann Andreas. Elements of the art of assaying metals. In two parts. The first containing the theory, the second the practice of the said Art. The Whole Deduced from the true Properties and Nature of Fossils; confirmed by the most accurate and unquestionable Experiments, explained in a natural Order, and with the utmost Clearness. By John Andrew Cramer, M.D. Translated from the Latin. Illustrated with copper plates. To which are added, several notes and observations not in the Original, particularly Useful to the English Reader. With an appendix, containing a List of the chief Authors that have been published in English upon Minerals and Metals. London: printed for Tho. Woodward at the Half-Moon between the Temple-Gates, and C. Davis in Pater-Noster-Row, Printers to the Royal Society, MDCCXLI. [1741]. ESTC No. T133369. Grub Street ID 182187.
  • Laws relating to the poor, from the forty-third of Queen Elizabeth to the third of King George II. With cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, upon the several Clauses of them. In a Method entirely New. The second edition corrected. By Robert Foley Esq; Barrister at Law. [London]: In the Savoy: printed by Henry Lintot (assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street, MDCCXLIII. [1743]. ESTC No. N10407. Grub Street ID 416.
  • Defoe, Daniel. The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the second and last part of his life, and of the strange surprising account of his travels round three parts of the globe. Written by himself. London: printed for T. Woodward; and sold by J. Osborn, at the Golden Ball in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXLVII. [1747]. ESTC No. N28948. Grub Street ID 18145.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Thomas Woodward

  • Jeffreys, George. Edwin: a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By Geo. Jeffreys, Esq;. London: printed and sold by T. Woodward, over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet; J. Walthoe, over-against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill; J. Peele, at Locke's-Head in Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Wood, at his Printing-House in Little-Britain, 1724. ESTC No. T32447. Grub Street ID 263150.
  • The history of Queen Anne. Wherein all the civil and military transactions of that memorable reign are faithfully compiled from the Best Authorities, And Impartially Related. The Whole Intermixed With several Authentick and Remarkable Papers; together with all the Important Debates in Parliament: A Compleat List of the most Eminent Persons who died in the Course of this Reign; with Proper Characters of those who render'd themselves most conspicuous in Church and State. Illustrated with A Regular Series of all the Medals that were struck to commemorate the Great Events of this Reign; with a Variety of other Useful and Ornamental Plates. By Mr. A. Boyer. London: printed and sold by T. Woodward at the Half Moon between the Two Temple Gates, Fleet-Street; and C. Davis, the Corner of Pater-Noster Row, MDCCXXXV. [1735]. ESTC No. T122942. Grub Street ID 173471.