Publications of Mrs. Cooke

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).

Sold by Mrs. Cooke

  • The new Craftsman; or London intelligencer. [London, England]: printed and published by Richardson and Co. Mitre Court, Cheapside; and sold by D. Goodman, no. 19[?] Strand; M. Holland, no. 135, Borough High Street; T. Holt, Shoreditch; w. Lane, no. 33, Leadenhall Street; H. Setchel, King Street, Covent Garden; L. Tomlinson, no. 124, White Chapel; Mr. Axtell, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Kinman, at the Royal Exchange; of W. Thompson, jun. St. Andrew's Street, Hertford; and of Mr. Norbury, near the Market-place, Brentford, Middlesex, <1766- >. ESTC No. P3169. Grub Street ID 56577.
  • Sylvia.. True taste: or, female philosophy. Being an epistle from Sylvia to Libertina. [London]: Dublin printed: London re-printed, and sold by Mrs. Nutt, Mrs. Cook, and Mrs. Charlton, at the Royal Exchange; Mrs. Dodd at the Peacock, Mrs. Charlton at the Golden Ball, and Mr. Slow, over against Devereux Court, without Temple-Bar; Mr. Taylor, Bookseller, at the Meuse Back-Gate, over-against Duke's-Court; and at the pamphlet-shops at Charing-Cross, and Westminster-Hall, M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]. ESTC No. N14173. Grub Street ID 4061.
  • Barnard, John. A present for an apprentice: or, a sure guide to gain both esteem and estate. With rules for his conduct to his master, and in the world. ... By a late Lord Mayor of London. London: printed for F. Cogan, and sold by T. Harris, Mrs. Nutt, Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Whitridge, Mrs. Dodd, Mr. Jolliffe, and Mr. Chapelle, 1741. ESTC No. N20904. Grub Street ID 10287.
  • Harrison, Amos. Remarks on the vicar's complaint, By Way of petition, in the High Court of Chancery, Against some of his parishioners For not paying their Tythes, Mortuaries, &c. By Amos Harrison,. London: printed for the author, and sold by M. Fenner, at the Turk's Head in Gracechurch Street; J.Noon, at the White Hart in Cheapside; J. Pemberton, at the Golden Buck in Fleetstreet; R. Amey, in the Court of Requests, Westminster; T. Crosby, in Horsly-Down, Fair-Street; and by Mrs. Nutt and Mrs. Cook at the Royal Exchange, 1742. ESTC No. T12479. Grub Street ID 174963.
  • The equity of Parnassus: a poem. London: printed for C. Corbett, Bookseller and Publisher, at Addison's Head, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street: and sold by Mrs. Nut and Mrs. Cooke, at the Royal Exchange; Mrs. Dodd at Temple Bar; and at Mrs. Haywood's, in the great Piazza, Covent Garden, M,DCC,XLIV. [1744]. ESTC No. T108978. Grub Street ID 161805.
  • The conduct and scandalous behaviour of the porters in Exchange Alley. To which is added, the heads of a remarkable trial at a Travest Sessions at Guildhall, London, on the twentieth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine. By a Society of twenty impartial inquirers. London: printed for Mrs. Dodd, at the Peacock, opposite St. Clements Church in the Strand; and to be had at Mrs. Nutt's, and Mrs. Cook's at the Royal Exchange; and at most pamphlet shops in town and country, [1750?]. ESTC No. T117483. Grub Street ID 169075.
  • Rimius, Henry. A candid narrative of the rise and progress of the Herrnhuters, commonly call'd Moravians, or, Unitas Fratrum; with a short account of their doctrines, drawn from their own writings. To which are added, Observations on their Politics in general, and particularly on their Conduct whilst in the County of Budingen in the Circle of the Upper-Rhine in Germany. By Henry Rimius, Aulic Counsellor to His late Majesty the King of Prussia, and Author of the Memoirs of the House of Brunswick. London: printed for A. Linde, Stationer to His Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in Catherine-Street in the Strand, and sold by J. Robinson in Ludgate-Street, and Mrs. Cook at the Royal-Exchange, and J. Barnes opposite the Haymarket, and at his Shop in the Court of Requests, MDCCLIII. [1753]. ESTC No. T25444. Grub Street ID 257872.
  • Stinstra, Johannes. A pastoral letter against fanaticism, Address'd to the Mennonists of Friesland, By Mr. John Stinstra, One of their Ministers at Harlingen. Translated from the Original Dutch. (which may serve as an excellent Antidote against the Principles of Enthusiasts and Fanaticks in general, and the Herrnbuters or Moravians in particular) by Henry Rimius. To which is added, A Preface shewing the Occasion of that Letter. London: printed for A. Linde, Stationer to His Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in Catherine-Street in the Strand; and sold by J. Robinson in Ludgate-Street, and Mrs. Cook at the Royal-Exchange, MDCCLIII. [1753]. ESTC No. T25447. Grub Street ID 257875.
  • Rimius, Henry. A candid narrative of the rise and progress of the Herrnhuters, commonly call'd Moravians or Unitas Fratrum, with a short account of their doctrines, drawn from their own writings. ... By Henry Rimius, ... London: printed for A. Linde: and sold by J. Robinson, Mrs. Cook, and J. Barnes, 1753. ESTC No. T25983. Grub Street ID 258166.
  • Free, John. Poems on several occasions, formerly written by John Free, D. D. Vicar of East-Coker in Somersetshire, Thursday Lecturer of St. Mary-Hill, London, and Lecturer of Newington in Surry. The second edition, with additions of later pieces; and an historical and critieal [sic] account of the origin and peculiar nature of English poetry, in a letter to a Member of Parliament. London: printed by E. Owen, in Holborn; and sold by T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn; R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; J. Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard; W. Sandby at the Ship near Temple Bar; W. Frederick in Bath; S. Parker and D. Prince in Oxford, Mrs. Cook at the Royal Exchange; and by the author, M.DCCLVII. [1757]. ESTC No. N12098. Grub Street ID 2111.
  • Free, John. Rules for the discovery of false prophets: or the dangerous impositions of the people called Methodists detected at the bar of scripture, and reason. A sermon preached before the University at St. Mary's in Oxford, on Whitsunday, 1758. With a preface ... and an appendix .. By John Free, ... London: printed by E. Owen, for the author; and sold by Mr. Sandby, Mrs Cooke, Mr. Parker and Mr. Prince, in Oxford, and Mr. Frederick in Bath, 1758. ESTC No. T25373. Grub Street ID 257811.
  • Free, John. Rules for the discovery of false prophets: or the dangerous impositions of the people called Methodists detected at the bar of scripture, and reason. A sermon preached before the University at St. Mary's in Oxford, on Whitsunday 1758. With a preface In Vindication of certain Articles proposed to the serious Consideration of the Company of Salters in London: and an appendix Containing authentick Vouchers; from the Writings of the Methodists, &c. in Support of the Charge, which has been brought against them. By John Free, D. D. Vicar of East-Coker in Somersetshire, Thursday-Lecturer of St. Mary-Hill, London, and Lecturer of Newington in Surry. London: printed by E. Owen, in Holborn, for the author; and sold by Mr. Sandby, at the Ship, opposite St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, Mrs Cooke, at the Royal Exchange, Mr. Parker and Mr. Prince, Booksellers in Oxford and Mr. Frederick in Bath, M,DCC,LVIII. [1758]. ESTC No. T25374. Grub Street ID 257812.
  • Free, John. Certain articles proposed to the serious consideration, of the Court of Assistants, of the Worshipful Company of Salters in London, &c. By John Free, D. D. Vicar of East-Coker in Somersetshire, Thursday Lecturer of St. Mary-Hill, London, and Lecturer of Newington in Surry. London: printed for E. Owen, in Holborn, for the author; and sold by Mr. Sandby, at the Ship, opposite St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, Mrs. Cook, at the Royal Exchange, Mr. Parker and Mr. Prince, Booksellers in Oxford, M,DCC,LVIII. [1758]. ESTC No. T84596. Grub Street ID 304974.
  • George's coffee house. A poem. London: printed for the author, and sold by T. Osborne; R. and R. Dodsley; W. Owen; C. Moran; and Mrs. Cook, 1761. ESTC No. N7197. Grub Street ID 51891.
  • Plain truth: by which it is manifest, that the common mercy of God extends to all men, so as it give them the pardon of original sin - but the special grace of God to his elect, appears in his giving them pardon of all their sins; ... London: printed for the author, and sold by Mrs. Cooke, 1762. ESTC No. T64061. Grub Street ID 289149.
  • A reply to the comments and menaces of bull face double fee, on the petition of the freeholders of the county of Middlesex; Wherein the whole of Bull Face's Arguments, and infamous Sophistry are detected, confuted, and exposed, and the several Charges in the Middlesex Petition fully supported and explained. This performance will be found worthy the public attention, and the common safety of all the freeholders in England require their perusal of it. London: printed for the author; and sold by I. Fell, at No. 14. in Pater-Noster Row; Mr. Ridley, in St. James's Street; Mr. Parker, the Upper Part of New Bond Street; Mr. Woodfall, Charing Cross; Mr. Brayne, at No. 55. opposite Hatton Garden, Holborn; and Mrs. Cooke, at the Royal Exchange, [1769]. ESTC No. N49968. Grub Street ID 34089.
  • The comments of bull face double fee, on the petition of the freeholders of the county of Middlesex; abounding with the most scurrilous abuse, indecent Invectives, and audacious Manaces; against the petitioners, and every other Person concerned in preparing and supporting that Petition, continued in the Gazeteer, from the 6th of June last, to the 7th of July inclusive. London: printed for the author; and sold by I. Fell, at No. 14. in Pater-Noster Row; Mr. Ridley . in St. James's Street; Mr. Parker, the Upper Part of New Bond Street; Mr. Woodfall, Charing Cross; Mr. Brayne, at No. 55. opposite Hatton, Garden, Holborn; and Mrs. Cooke, at the Royal Exchange, [1769]. ESTC No. N67255. Grub Street ID 48855.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Mrs. Cooke

  • Silvester, Tipping. A critical dissertation on Titus iii. 10,11. Wherein Mr. Foster's notion of heresy is consider'd, and confuted. And the power of the Church to censure hereticks is vindicated. By Tipping Silvester, M. A. Fellow of Pembroke College Oxon, and Lecturer of St. Bartholomew the Great. London: printed and sold by Thomas Gardner, in Little Bartholomew-Close: Mrs. Nutt, Mrs. Cooke, Mrs. Charlton, at the Royal-Exchange; T. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row; A. Dodd, at Temple-Bar, and by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, [1735]. ESTC No. T34418. Grub Street ID 264724.
  • Deist in London.. The true character of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield; in a letter from a Deist in London, to this friend in the country. With some observations on the dispute between Dr. Trapp and Mr. Whitefield, and the behaviour of the clergy. ... London: printed: and sold by Mrs. Dodd; Mrs. Nutt, Mrs. Cook, and Mrs. Bartlett; and by the booksellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, 1739. ESTC No. N27635. Grub Street ID 16883.
  • Enthusiasm display'd: being a true copy of a most learned, conscientious, and devout exercise, or sermon, held forth the last Lord's day of April, 1649. at Sir P---- T----'s house in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by Lieutenant General Oliver Cromwell. As it was faithfully taken in characters by Aaron Guerdon. To which are added, I. The general character of Oliver, extracted from various Authors. II. His Particular Character. By Bevil Higgons; Esq; III. An exact Account of his Magnificent Lying in State, and Pompous Funeral. IV. Some Conjectures concerning the Place of his Burial. By Bishop Kennet. V. Poems on his death. By Mr. Waller and Mr. Cowley. London: printed and sold by J. Tilly, in Rose and Rainbow-Court, Aldersgate-Street; Mrs. Dodd, at the Peacock without Temple-Bar; Mrs. Cook at the Royal-Exchange, and H. Chapelle in Grosvenor-Street, MDCCXLIII. 1743. ESTC No. T135015. Grub Street ID 183544.
  • Onania: or, the heinous sin of self-pollution, and all its frightful consequences (in both sexes) considered, with spiritual and physical advice to those who have already injured themselves by this abominable practice. THe twenty-first edition, as also the twelfth edition of the supplement to it, both of them revised and enlarged, and now printed together in one volume. As the several passages in the former impressions, that have been charged with being obscure and ambiguous, are, in these, cleared up and exlained, there will be no more alterations or aditions made. London: printed for, and sold by Mrs. Cooke, under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill; W. pedtingham, the corner of Essex-Street, facing St. Clement's-Church in the Strand; and Mr. Corbett, near Temple-Bar, 1776. ESTC No. N63379. Grub Street ID 45559.