Publications of Joseph Marshall

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 for Joseph Marshall

  • Owen, John. Phron?ma tou pneumatos or the grace and duty of being spiritually-minded, declared and practically improved by John Owen, D.D. London: printed for Joseph Marshall, at the Bible in New-Gate-Street, where is Sold all Dr. Owen's Works, and Dr. Marwood's Ink-Powder: Where Country Chapmen may be supply'd by Wholesale or Retail, 1717. ESTC No. N12238. Grub Street ID 2246.
  • Dod, John. Old Mr. Dod's sayings. London: printed for Tho. Norris; and for Joseph Marshal, 1721. ESTC No. N10761. Grub Street ID 767.
  • Haggar, Henry. The order of causes: of God's foreknowledge, election, and predestination, and of man's salvation, and damnation. Laid down so clearly, and proved so plainly by the Scriptures, that ev'n the meanest Capacity amongst Rational Men may understand it, to their great Satisfaction. As also whether Christ died for all, or not for all. With the Causes and Effects that may follow, or not follow: seriously considered, meekly controverted, and proved plainly by the Scriptures of Truth: To the great Satisfaction of all Rational People fearing God. By Henry Haggar a Servant of Christ, and of the Congregation of his Saints. London: printed for Joseph Marshall at the Bible in Newgate-Street, 1724. ESTC No. T103107. Grub Street ID 156766.
  • Renolds, George. The history of ancient coins, weights and measures. Including the life and glorious actions of King Solomon: ... Also a calculation of the value of ancient money reduced to the standard of our British coin. To which is added, a treatise concerning gold and silver; ... London: Printed for W. Shropshire, at the Peacock in Castle-street, Leicester-Fields; A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar; J. Jackson, in Pall-Mall; J. Smith, in Bond-street; J. Marshall, in Newgate-street: and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1730. ESTC No. N54703. Grub Street ID 38368.
  • Talbot, William. Twelve sermons preached on several subjects and occasions. By the Right Reverend Father in God, William Talbot, late Ld. Bishop of Durham. London: printed for John Marshal, at the Bible in Grace-Church-Street, and Joseph Marshal, at the Bible in Newgate-Street, Olive Payne, in New Round-Court in the Strand, J. Jackson, near St. James's House, and J. Smith, at the Rose and Crown, New Bond-Street, over-against Grosvenor-Street, 1731. ESTC No. T96605. Grub Street ID 316061.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Joseph Marshall

  • H., J.. A word in season; being a modest enquiry into the lawfulness of making and imposing creeds. With the plain man's reply to a socinian paper. By J. H. a servant of Christ. London: printed and sold by Joseph Marshall and Stephen Dagnel, 1719. ESTC No. T195591. Grub Street ID 229235.
  • La Créquinire, ---- de. The agreement of the customs of the East-Indians, with those of the Jews, and other ancient people. Being the first essay of this kind towards the explaining of several difficult passages in Scripture, and some of the most ancient writers, by the present Oriental customs with cuts. To which are added, instructions to young gentlemen that intend to travel. London: printed and sold by Joseph Marshall, at the Bible in Newgate-Street, 1724. ESTC No. N29506. Grub Street ID 18634.
  • Baker, Rev., M.A. J. The history of the inquisition, as it subsists in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, &c. And in both the Indies, to this Day. Comprehending as well an entertaining Series of its Transactions, as an exact Account of its Constitution, Power, &c. under the following Heads: I. Its Rise, Progress, and Establishment. II. The extraordinary Methods taken to support it. III. The almost boundless Jurisdiction of this Court; its Officers, Laws, Customs, &c. IV. The Nature of its Proceedings against Hereticks. V. The Judgments, Penances, Executions, &c. Interspersed with various, extraordinary, and particular relations concerning the treatment of persons prosecuted in that court; as of Isaac Martin, an Englishman, who lay long in Prison at Granada, in the Reign of the late King George; and whose Account has the Sanction of a Certificate signed by both Archbishops, and by thirteen Bishops, at the Instance of Mr. Secretary Craggs: With many other genuine Cases, extracted from credible Authors, and fro. London: printed and sold by Joseph Marshall; at the Bible in Newgate-Street; and George Davies and Robert Spencer, at the Golden-Ball in White-Fryers, M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]. ESTC No. T89747. Grub Street ID 309607.