Publications of E. Cook

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 E. Cook

  • Cowper, William. An account of the work of grace upon the soul of the Right Reverend father in God, William Cowper, formerly Lord Bishop of Galloway. With some relation of the success and opposition his lordship met with in the work of the ministry. Written by his own pen, in the year 1616. London: printed and sold by E. Cook, at the Royal Exchange, 1766. ESTC No. T69840. Grub Street ID 293718.

Sold by E. Cook

  • Fiévée, J. A journey from London, to France and Holland: or, The traveller’s useful vade mecum. ... Wherein is contain’d the following particulars, viz. [I.] Each day’s observations, in travelling from London to Paris, through French Flanders. [II.] And from thence to Reims. [III.] The manner of examination mention’d, for obtaining a diploma in physick, at that University. [IV.] A copy of the diploma itself. [V.] A comparison between the city of Paris and London. [VI.] Some account of Paris, the inhabitants, and the buildings thereof. [VII.] A description of the two famous hospitals there, viz the Hôtel Dieu, and La Charity. [VIII.] An account of Versailles, and its gardens, &c. [IX.] An account of a course of midwifry, &c. at Paris. X. An account of the French money, to a hundred million of livies, with a copper plate of its impression on each side, and a table reducing it into English money. XI. The grounds of the French language, &c. XII. A short, historical, geographical account of the nation and people. XIII. A list of the posts throughout the whole kingdom of France, shewing the distance of places one from the other and the number of posts therein contain’d, &c. XIV. To the whole is added maps of the cities of London and Paris, with the names of the streets, &c. contain’d therein. [The] whole is calculated and design’d chiefly for the use and benefit of travellers going into that kingdom, whereby fully to inform them of those parts of knowledge needful hereto: wherein is also occasionally contain’d many moral reflections and useful observations. By R. Poole Doctor of Physick, alias Theophilus Philanthropos. London: printed for E. Duncomb, in Duck-Lane, Little Britain; and are sold by T. Taylor, at the Meuse Back Gate, near St. Martin’s Lane; E. Cook, at the Royal Exchange; C. Baynbridge, bookbinder, over-against Serjeant’s-Inn, in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street; and C. Pickman, in Ratcliff-Highway, near Princes’ Square, 1742-[M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]]. ESTC No. N490813. Grub Street ID 359272.

Printed for E. Cook

  • The behaviour of the cl-gy, as well as their traditions, destructive of religion. Or, a succinct history of priestcraft, Throughout all Ages. Containing, A general Introduction of the Institution of all pretended Revelations. - Remarks on Priestcraft amongst the Greeks: The strange Superstition of that learned People, proved to be the Ruin of Athens. - Remarks on Roman Priestcraft, their Augurs, Pontiffs, &c. - An Account of the Bramins, Bonzeés, Talapoins, and other Eastern Priests: with a curious History of the Pharisees and Sadduces among the Jews. - Popish Priestcraft unveil'd, particularly with regard to our own Island. Concluding with The Secret Intrigues of the Gown with all Parties from the Reformation to the Vicars Ap-cy. Dedicated to the Most Worthy Sect of Free-Thinkers. London: printed for A. Dodd. at the Peacock without Temple-Bar; E. Cook, under the Royal Exchange; J. Chrichley, at Charing Cross; and J. Jolyffe, in St. James's Street, [1731]. ESTC No. T127064. Grub Street ID 176908.
  • The behaviour of the cl-gy, as well as their traditions, destructive of religion. Or, a succinct history of priestcraft, Throughout all ages. Containing, A general Introduction of the Institution of all pretended Revelations. - Remarks on Priestcraft amongst the Greeks: The strange Superstition of that learned People, proved to be the Ruin of Athens. - Remarks on Roman Priestcraft, their Augurs, Pontiffs, &c. - An Account of the Bramins, Bonzees, Talapoins, and other Eastern Priests: with a curious History of the Pharisees and Sadduces among the Jews. - Popish Priestcraft unveil'd, particularly with regard to our own Island. Concluding with The Secret Intrigues of the Gown with all Parties from the Reformation to the Vicars Ap---cy. Dedicated to the Most Worthy Sect of Free-Thinkers. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests and Deacons, with true Knowledge and Understanding of thy Word; and that both by their Preaching and Living they may set it forth and shew it acco. London: printed for A. Dodd, at the Peacock without Temple-Bar; E. Cook, under the Royal Exchange; J. Chrichley, at Charing Cross; and J. Jolyffe, in St. James's Street, 1731. ESTC No. N32592. Grub Street ID 21195.
  • The finish'd rake; or, Gallantry in Perfection. Being the genuine and entertaining adventures, of a young gentleman of fortune. Faithfully extracted from memoirs written with his own Hand, and design'd by him to be publish'd, as is believed, had he not been prevented by Death. The whole being interspers'd with several Curious, Whimfical, and Uncommon incidents; particularly his intrigue with a fine coquette milliner, near one of our most noted Inns of Court, whilst he was a student. London: printed for A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar; E. Cook, under the Royal-Exchange; and J. Jolyffe, in St. James's Street, [1733]. ESTC No. T190705. Grub Street ID 225839.
  • Philomathes et Philalethes. A choice drop of seraphick love tender'd to the immortal soul. London: printed for A. Ward; D. Farmer; T. Taylor; and E. Cook; and sold at the Printing-Office in Black and White Court in the Old Baily, 1734. ESTC No. T129742. Grub Street ID 179148.
  • Flower, Henry. Observations on the gout and rheumatism. Exhibiting instances of persons who were greatly relieved in the fit of the gout; and of others who were cured of the Gout in the Head, Stomach, and Bowels; of obstinate Rheumatisms; and of the Swellings, Stiffness, and Contractions of the Limbs, after irregular or long-continued Fits of the Gout: by medicines discovered in America. With a short account of some medicines, and ways of curing diseases, used by the native Indians. To which are added, a few remarkable cases of other Diseases. Humbly Inscribed to the College of Physicians By Henry Flower, an American. New Things do I declare: before they spring forth. I tell you of them. Isaiah. London: printed for E. Cooke, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXVI. [1766]. ESTC No. N10160. Grub Street ID 171.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by E. Cook

  • Radicati, Alberto. The history of the abdication of Victor Amedeus II. late King of Sardinia, with his confinement in the castle of Rivole; shewing the real motives, which induc'd that Prince to resign the Crown in Favour of his Son Charles Emanuel the present King: As also how he came to repent of his Resignation, with the secret Reasons that urg'd him to attempt his Restauration. In a letter from the Marquis de T***** a Piemontois, now at the Court of Poland; To the Count de C in London. London: printed, and sold by A. Dodd without Temple-Bar; E. Nutt, and E. Cook, at the Royal Exchange; and by the book-sellers and pamphlet-sellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXII. [1732]. ESTC No. T94514. Grub Street ID 314099.
  • The fool: being a collection of essays and epistles, moral, political, humourous, and entertaining. Published in the Daily Gazetteer. With the author's preface, and a complete index. London: printed and sold by Nutt, Cooke and Kingman, at the Royal Exchange; Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row; Robinson, in Ludgate-Street; Lodge in Warwick-Lane; Corbett and Owen, near Temple-Bar; Dodd, without Temple-Bar; Woodfall, at Chairing-Cross; Amey, at the Court of Requests, and Chapelle, in Grosvenor-Street, near Grosvenor-Square; and J. Griffith, at the Crown in Green-Arbour-Court in the Little Old-Bailey, MDCCXLVIII. [1748]. ESTC No. T128857. Grub Street ID 178383.
  • The Traveller's magazine: or, Gentleman and lady's agreeable companion. For ... London [England]: printed and sold by E. Cook, at the Royal-Exchange; A. Dodd at the Peacock, opposite St. Clement's Church, in the Strand; by the booksellers in town and country; and by the persons who sell news, 1748-1750. ESTC No. P2677. Grub Street ID 56302.