Publications of William Cademan

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 William Cademan

  • Janson, Henry. Philanax Anglicus: or A Christian caveat for all kings, princes, & prelates, how they entrust a sort of pretended Protestants of integrity, or suffer them to commix with their respective governments. Shewing plainly from the principles of all their predecessors, that it is impossible to be at the same time Presbyterians, and not rebels. With a compendious draught of their portraictures and petigree done to the life, by their own doctors dead hands, perfectly delineating their birth, breeding, bloody practices, and prodigious theorems against monarchy. Faithfully published by T.B. gent. London: printed for Will: Cademan at the Popes head in the New Exchange in the Strand, 1670. ESTC No. R218509. Grub Street ID 93156.
  • Crown. Juliana or The princess of Poland. A tragicomedy. As it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. By J. Crown, Gent. Licenced, sept. 8. 1671. Roger L'Estrange. London: printed for Will. Cademan at the Popes-Head in the lower walk in the New-Exchange, and Will. Birch at the lower end of Cheapside, 1671. ESTC No. R13299. Grub Street ID 61409.
  • Sherley, Thomas. A philosophical essay: declaring the probable causes whence stones are produced in the greater world. From which occasion is taken to search into the origin of all bodies, discovering them to proceed from water, and seeds. Being a prodromus to a medicinal tract concernin the causes, and cure of the stone in the kidneys, and bladders of men. Written by Dr. Thomas Sherley, Physitian in Ordinary to His Majesty. London: printed for William Cademan, at the Pope's Head, in the lower walk of the New-Exchange, 1672. ESTC No. R10626. Grub Street ID 58976.
  • Arrowsmith, Joseph. The reformation. A comedy. Acted at the Dukes Theater. London: printed for VVilliam Cademan, at the Popes-Head, in the lower walk of the New Exchange in the Strand, MDCLXXIII. [1673]. ESTC No. R15912. Grub Street ID 63808.
  • Barne, Miles. A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, October 17. 1675. By Miles Barne fellow of St. Peter's College in Cambridge, and chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty. Printed by His Majesties special command. London: printed by T. Milbourn for W. Cademan at the Popes-Head in the New-Exchange in the Strand, 1675. ESTC No. R12524. Grub Street ID 60694.
  • Otway, Thomas. Alcibiades. A tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre. Written by Tho. Otway. London: Printed for William Cademan at the sign of the Popes Head in the lower walk of the New-Exchange in the Strand, 1675. ESTC No. R10707. Grub Street ID 59055.
  • The amours of Madame, and the Count de Guiche. Translated into English, by a person of quality. Obedience [i.e. London]: printed for B. C. [i.e. R. Bentley and W. Cademan] book-seller for the kingdom of love, at the signe of the Three-Cupids, 1680. ESTC No. R170299. Grub Street ID 65024.
  • Betterton, Thomas. The revenge: or, A match in Newgate. A comedy. As it was acted at the Dukes Theatre. London: printed for W. Cademan, at the Popes head in the New Exchange, 1680. ESTC No. R10849. Grub Street ID 59189.
  • Scudéry, Madeleine de. Amaryllis to Tityrus. Being, the first heroick harangue of the excellent pen of Monsieur Scudery. A witty and pleasant novel. Englished by a person of honour. London: printed for Will. Cademan, at the Pope's Head in the New Exchange, 1681. ESTC No. R10262. Grub Street ID 58651.
  • May, Thomas. Arbitrary government display'd to the life, in the tyrannick usurpation of a junto of men called the Rump Parliament. And more especially in that of the tyrant and usurper Oliver Cromwell. In which you have a clear view of the arbitrary, illegal, and unjust proceedings of those persons under the nation [sic] of liberty. And a compendious history of those times, faithfully collected; with the characters and lives of several of those usurpers, and a brief account of the several persons that suffered death and imprisonment under them, for their loyalty to their King and country. And by which may be seen the difference between arbitrary usurpers and lawful kings, reigning by, and according to the laws of the land. Illustrated with several brass cutts, representing the chief persons and passages therein. London: printed for Willliam Cademan at the Popes Head in the lower Walk in the New Exchange in the Strand, 1683. ESTC No. R218818. Grub Street ID 93426.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by William Cademan

  • Mazarin, Hortense Mancini. The memoires of the Dutchess Mazarine. Written in French by her own hand, and done into English by P. Porter Esq; Together with the reasons of her coming into England. Likewise, a letter containing a true character of her person and conversation. London: printed, and are to be sold by William Cademan, at the Popes-Head in the New-Exchange, and Middle-Exchange in the Strande, 1676. ESTC No. R19039. Grub Street ID 76841.
  • Mazarin, Hortense Mancini. The memoires of the Dutchess Mazarine. Written in French by her own hand, and done into English by P. Porter, Esq; Together with the reasons of her coming into England. Likewise, a letter containing a true character of her person and conversation. London: printed, and are to be sold by W. Cademan, at the Popes-Head in the New-Exchange, and Middle-Exchange in the Strande, 1676. ESTC No. R204414. Grub Street ID 81375.
  • Blount, Charles. Anima mundi: or, An historical narration of the opinions of the ancients concerning man's soul after this life: according to unenlightned nature. By Charles Blount, Gent. London: printed, and are to be sold by Will. Cademan, at the Pope's Head in the lower-walk of the New-Exchange in the Strand, 1679. ESTC No. R18935. Grub Street ID 76746.