Publications of John Johnson

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: and sold by x"; "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x" and so on.

On this last point, trade publishers such as Mary Cooper appeared in imprints as having "printed" or "published" the work, though they did not own the copyright. The lists below reflect only the information on the imprint, except where ESTC provides extra information.

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 John Johnson

  • On the tendency of Christ's religion to promote happiness: and our consequent obligation to spread the knowledge of it. A sermon preached in the parish of St. Thomas, Southwark, on Thursday, January 1, 1767, for the benefit of the charity school, in Gravel Lane. By R. Jones. Published at the request of the managers. London : Printed by John Johnson; and sold by J. Peyton, in the Borough, MDCCLXVII. [1767]. ESTC No. T179625. Grub Street ID 216339.

Author

  • Johnson, John. Johnson 1611 an almanacke and p[r]ognostication for this yeare of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ 1611, being the third after the leape yeare : written most especially for the meridian of the most famous town of Colchester in Essex, and will serue generally for all England / penned, and published by Iohn Iohnson ... Printed at London: For the Company of the Stationers, [1611]. ESTC No. S59. Grub Street ID 149209.
  • Johnson, John. Johnson 1612 an almanacke and prognostication, for this yeare of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ 1612. Being the bissextile, or leap-yeare written most especially for the meridian of the famous towne of Colchester in Essex, and will serue generally for all England. Penne and published by Iohn Iohnson, of Thorp in Essex neere Colchester: student in the mathematicks, practitioner in phisick. London: printed for the Company of the Stationers, [1612]. ESTC No. S60. Grub Street ID 149221.
  • Johnson, John. John Johnson 1613 an almanacke and prognostication for this yeere of our lord and sauiour Iesus Christ 1613: being the first after the bissextile or leapeyeare : written most especially for the meridian of the famous towne of Colchester, in Essex, and will serue generally for all England penned according to the rules of lawfull arte by Iohn Iohnson of Colchester ... London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1613. ESTC No. S3221. Grub Street ID 147497.
  • Johnson, John. Johnson 1614 an almanacke and prognostication for this yeare of our lord and sauiour Iesus Christ 1614: being the second from the bissextile or leape-yeare : written most especially for the meridian of the famous towne of Colchester, in Essex, and will serue generally for all England set forth according to the rules of lawfull arte by Iohn Iohnson of Colchester ... out of an ancient author. Imprinted at London: For the Companie of Stationers, [1614]. ESTC No. S3224. Grub Street ID 147500.
  • Johnson, John. Iohn Iohnson. 1615. An almanacke and prognostication for this yeare of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ 1615. Being the third from the bissextile or leape yeare. Written most especially for the meridian of the famous town of Colchester in Essex, and will serue generally for all England. Set forth according to the rules of lawfull art, by Iohn Iohnson of Colchester, student in arithmetique and geometry. [London]: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1615]. ESTC No. S61. Grub Street ID 149232.
  • Johnson, John. Iohn Iohnson. 1616 an almanacke and prognostication for this yeare of our Lord God 1616. Being the bissextile or leape yeare. Written most especially for the meridian of the famous town of Colchester in Essex, and will serue generally for all England. Set forth according t lawfull art, by Iohn Iohnson student in arithmetique and geometry, and practitioner in astrology. London: Printed for the Company of the Stationers, [1616]. ESTC No. S62. Grub Street ID 149243.
  • Johnson, John. John Johnson 1617 an almanacke and prognostication for this yeare of our Lord God 1617 : being the first from the bissextile or leape-yeare : written most especially for the meridian of the famous towne of Colchester, in Essex, and will serue generally for all England set forth according to lawfull arte by Iohn Iohnson ... [London]: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1617]. ESTC No. S3222. Grub Street ID 147498.
  • Johnson, John. John Johnson 1618 an almanacke and prognostication for this yeare of our Lord God 1618 : being the second from the bissextile or leape-yeare : written most especially for the meridian of the famous towne of Colchester, in Essex, and will serue generally for all England compiled and set forth according to the rules of lawfull art by Iohn Iohnson ... London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1618]. ESTC No. S3223. Grub Street ID 147499.
  • Johnson, John. Johnson 1621 an almanack and prognostication for this yeare of our Lord God 1621, being the first from the leape yeare : calculated according to lawfull art, and rectified for the meridian of the honorable citty of London, and will serue generally for all England / by Iohn Iohnson ... London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1621. ESTC No. S1454. Grub Street ID 145890.
  • Johnson, John. Johnson 1622 an almanack and prognostication for this yeare of our Lord God 1622 : being the second from the leape yeare : calculated according to lawfull art, and rectified for the meridian of the honorable citty of London, and will serue generally for all England by Iohn Iohnson ... London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1622. ESTC No. S3225. Grub Street ID 147501.
  • Johnson, John. Jonson 1623 a new almanack and prognostication for this yeere of our Lord God, 1623 : being the third from the leape-yeare : calculated according to art, for the meridian of the famous city of London, ... and may serue for all England by Iohn Ionson ... London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1623]. ESTC No. S3226. Grub Street ID 147502.
  • Johnson, John. Iohnsons Arithmatick in 2. bookes the first, of vulgare arithma: with diuers briefe and easye rules: to worke all the first 4. partes of arithmatick in whole numbers and fractions by the author newly invented the second, of decimall arithmatick wherby all fraction operations are wrought, in whole numbers, in marchants accomptes without reduction; with interest, and annuityes by Iohn Iohnson survaighour; practitioner in the mattiematiqu. Printed at london: by Augustine Mathewes. and are to be sold by Richard Moore in Sct Dunstons Church yard in [Fleetstreet, 1623]. ESTC No. S125051. Grub Street ID 144336.
  • Johnson, John. Iohnson. 1624. A new almanacke, and prognostication for this yeare of our Lord God, 1624. Being the bissextile, or leap-yeare. Calculated for the meridian of the most honorable City of London, where the Pole Articke is eleuated 51 grad. 32 min. and will serue generally for all England. Compiled and written according to the true rules of lawfull art, by Iohn Iohnson teacher of arithmetick and geometry in the City of London. London: printed for the Company of the Stationers, [1624]. ESTC No. S125794. Grub Street ID 145016.
  • Johnson, John. Iohnsons arithmatick in 2ÂÂ.†¢ookes the first, of vulgare arithma: with diuers briefe and easye rules: to worke all the first 4ÂÂ.†∞artes of arithmatick in whole numbers and fractions by the author newly invented the second, of decimall arithmatick wherby all fractionall operations are wrought in whole numbers, in marchants accomptes without reduction; with interest, and annuityes. Printed at london [sic]: by Augustine Mathewes and are to be sold by Robert Mylborne at the gray-hound in paules Church yard, 1633. ESTC No. S93374. Grub Street ID 151891.
  • Johnson, John. Iohnsons Arithmatick in 2. bookes the first, of vulgare arithma: with diuers briefe and easye rules: to worke all the first 4. partes of arithmatick in whole numbers and fractions by the author newly invented the second, of decimall arithmatick wherby all fractionall operations are wrought, in whole numbers, in marchants accomptes without reduction; with interest, and annuityes. Printed at london: by Augustine Mathewes [and Robert Milborne]· and are to be sold by Iohn Grismond in Ivy lane at the Gunne, 1633. ESTC No. S123162. Grub Street ID 142680.
  • Johnson, John. The academy of love. Describing the folly of young-men, and the fallacie of women. By Iohn Iohnson, Gent. London: printed for H. Blunden, at the Castle in Cornehill, 1641. ESTC No. R1379. Grub Street ID 61866.
  • Johnson, John. Johnsons arithmetick in two bookes: the first of vulgar arithmetick with easie rules to work all the first four parts of arithmetick, in whole numbers, and fractions. The second of decimall arithmetick, whereby all fractionall operations are wrought in whole number, in merchants accompts, without reduction; with the perfect working of interests and annuities. By John Johnson surveyer, and practicioner in the mathematicks. London: printed by R. Cotes for Sam. Enderby, and Joh. Sweeting, at the Star, and Angel in Popes head-Alley, 1646. ESTC No. R220356. Grub Street ID 94741.
  • Johnson, John. Balsamum Britannicum, Brittains balm: or, The means of recovery for a languishing kingdom. Preached in a sermon before the honourable judges for the Northern Circuite, at the generall assizes holden in the Citie of Yorke, 21. March, 1647. By John Johnson Mr. of A. and minister of Methley in Yorkeshire, [sic]. [York]: Printed at York by Tho: Broad, 1648. ESTC No. R219111. Grub Street ID 93695.
  • Johnson, John. Johnsons arithmetick in two bookes: the first of vulgar arithmetick with easie rules to worke all the first four parts of arithmetick, in whole numbers and fractions. The second of decimall arithmetick, whereby all fractionall operations are wrought in whole number, in merchants accompts, without reduction, with the perfect working of interests and annuities. By John Johnson surveyer, and practicioner in the mathematicks. London: printed by R[ichard] C[otes] for John Sweeting, at the Angel in Popes-head Alley, 1649. ESTC No. R216576. Grub Street ID 91456.
  • Johnson, John. Johnsons arithmetick in two books. The first of vulgar arithmetick with easie rules to work all the first four parts of arithmetick, in the whole numbers and fractions. The second of decimall arithmetick; whereby all fractionall operations are wrought in whole numbers in merchants accounts, without reduction, with the perfect working of interests and annuities. By John Johnson, surveyer, and practitioner in the mathematicks. The sixth edition. Whereto is added tables of interest exactly calculated at 6 per cent. with other tables, as the reduction of weights, valu of leases and annuities, the weight and value of English gold; rebate at 6 per cent. Very delightfull and profitable. London: printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for J[ohn]. Sweeting, at the Angel in Popes-head Alley, 1655. ESTC No. R179106. Grub Street ID 70664.
  • Johnson, John. Johnsons arithmetick in two books. The first of vulgar arithmetick, with easie rules to worke all the first four parts of arithmetick, in whole numbers and fractions. The second of decimal arithmetick; whereby all fractional operations are wrought in whole numbers in merchants accounts, without reduction, with the perfect working of interests and annuities. By John Johnson, surveyor, and practicioner in the mathematicks. The seventh edition. Whereunto is added tables of interest, exactly calculated at 6 per cent. with other tables, as the reduction of weights, value of leases and annuities, the weight and value of English gold; rebate at 6 per cent. very delightful and profitable. London: printed by R. & W. Leybourn for I. Sweeting, at the Angel in Popes-head Alley, 1657. ESTC No. R179107. Grub Street ID 70665.
  • Johnson, John. Johnsons arithmetick in two books: the first of vulgar arithmetick, with easie rules to work all the first four parts of arithmetick, in whole numbers and fractions. The second of decimal arithmetick: whereby all fractional operations are wrought in whole numbers in merchants accounts, without reduction, with the perfect working of interests and annuities. By John Johnson, surveyor, and practicioner in the mathematicks. The ninth edition. Whereunto is added tables of interest, exactly calculated at 6 per cent. with other tables as the reduction of weights, value of leases and annuities, the weight and value of English gold; rebate at 6 per cent. very delightful and profitable. London : printed by J. Flesher, for Robert Horn, and are to be sold at his shop, at the South-Entrance of the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill, 1671. ESTC No. R34480. Grub Street ID 117003.
  • Johnson, John. Johnson's arithmetick: in two books. The first of vulgar arithmetick: with easie rules to work all the first four parts of arithmetick, in whole numbers and fractions. The second of decimal arithmetick: whereby all fractional operations are wrought in whole numbers in merchants accompts, without reduction, with the perfect working of interests and annuities. By John Johnson, surveyor, and practicioner in the mathematicks. The ninth edition. Whereunto are added tables of interest exactly calculated at 6 per cen. [sic] with other tables, as the reduction of weights, value of leases and annuities, the weight and value of English gold; rebate at 6 per cent. very delightful and profitable. London : printed by A[ndrew]. Clark, for Robert Horn at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange, [1677]. ESTC No. R179108. Grub Street ID 70666.
  • Johnson, John. Eklampsis t=on dikai=on: or, The shining forth of the righteous: a sermon preached partly upon the death of that reverend and excellent divine, Mr. Stephen Charnock, and in part at the funeral of a godly friend. By John Johnson, M.A. London : printed for the author, and are to be sold by Tho. Parkhurst, Will. Miller, and Benj. Alsop, at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside, at the Acorn in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1680. ESTC No. R16247. Grub Street ID 64121.
  • Johnson, John. Faithful advice to the livery of London, and freeholders of Great Britain. Containing: I. Some considerations and cautions to be used at the election of magistrates, but especially of Members to serve in Parliament. II. To those on whom the majority of votes doth fall ; very proper to be perused by every Subject of these Kingdoms, in order to correct the Vices of Elections, and Choice of Magistrates and Ministers of State. Most humbly dedicated to Sir Peter Delme, Lord Mayor of the honourable City of London. London : printed for J. Johnson, and sold by T. Payne at the Crown in Stationer's-Court, [1724]. ESTC No. T122608. Grub Street ID 173272.
  • Johnson, John. A short account of Ann Rogers. By John Johnson. Bristol: printed by William Pine, in Wine-Street, 1770. ESTC No. T105621. Grub Street ID 158886.
  • Johnson, John. A short account of Ann Rogers. By John Johnson. Dublin: printed by S. Powell, 1771. ESTC No. T180751. Grub Street ID 217404.
  • Johnson, John. A short account of Ann Johnson. By John Johnson. Dublin: printed by William Kidd, 1771. ESTC No. T181544. Grub Street ID 218091.
  • Johnson, John. A short account of Ann Rogers. By John Johnson. London : printed by J. Paramore: and sold at the New Chapel, City Road, and at the Rev. Mr. Wesley's Preaching House [sic] in town and country, 1786. ESTC No. T126230. Grub Street ID 176249.
  • Johnson, John. A short account of Ann Rogers. By John Johnson. London : printed by G. Paramore, North-Green, Worship-Street; sold by G. Whitfield, at the Chapel, City-Road; and at the Methodist preaching-houses in town and country, [1793]. ESTC No. T180750. Grub Street ID 217403.
  • Johnson, John. Trifles in verse. By John Johnson, A.M. Formerly of Oriel College, Oxford. London : printed by Bye and Law, for F. and C. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1796. ESTC No. T59034. Grub Street ID 285129.
  • Johnson, John. A short account of Ann Rogers. By John Johnson. London : printed for G. Whitfield, City-Road; and sold at the Methodist preaching-houses in town and country, [1798]. ESTC No. N22401. Grub Street ID 11759.