John Watts
Active Years
Min year: 1715, Max year: 1791, Max count: 126
Establishments over time
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Locations over time
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As Author
- 1729: Books lately published by J. Watts, at the printing-office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; and are to be had of the booksellers of town and country
- 1729: Books lately publish'd, and sold by the booksellers both of town and country
- 1737: A letter to the publick
- 1737: A letter to the publick, containing remarks on the blunders and inaccuracies of Mr. Cave's translation of the History of China
- 1745: Books lately published by J. Watts, at the printing office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields; and sold by B. Dod, at the Bible and key in Ave-Mary Lane near Stationers-Hall; and the booksellers of town and country
- 1748: Books printed by and for J. Watts
- 1749: A black scene open'd: being the true state of Mr. John Kendrick's gift to the town of Reading; and of the decree which was made by the Barons of the Exchequer, in the Fourteenth Year of King Charles the First, in favour of the Poor of the said Town. And also of the misapplication of the lands and rents ever since. By John Watts, Esq;
- 1791: A black scene opened
As Publisher
- 1716: A treatise of simony. Wherein is enquired, how far the practice of buying and selling of presentations, so common in this kingdom, may come under the notion of it. By Richard Banner,
- 1716: The lives of the holy apostles, viz. St. Peter. St. Paul. St. Andrew. St. James the Great. St. John. St. Philip. St. Bartholomew. St. Matthew. St. Thomas. St. James the Less. St. Simeon the Zealot. St. Jude. St. Matthias. Together with those of St. Barnabas: and St. Mark, and St. Luke, evangelists. According to the Accounts of Holy Scripture, and the best Ecclesiastical Writers. Illustrated with their several effigies, curiously engraved
- 1720: A Select collection of novels in four Volumes
- 1721: The fair Circassian
- 1721: The carmen sæculare
- 1721: Verses occasion'd by reading Mr. Dryden's Fables
- 1725: Cæsar in Ægypt
- 1726: The voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle
- 1726: The history of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- 1727: The dissembled wanton
- 1728: The beggar's opera
- 1728: A journey to London
- 1728: The beggar's opera
- 1728: The beggar's opera
- 1728: The dissembled wanton
- 1728: A journey to London
- 1728: Love in several masques
- 1728: The beggar's opera
- 1728: The beggar's opera
- 1729: The beggar's opera
- 1729: The beggar's opera
- 1729: A select collection of novels
- 1730: The lovers opera
- 1731: Orestes: a dramatic opera
- 1731: An ode for His Majesty's birthday
- 1731: An ode to His Majesty
- 1731: Three poetical epistles. To Mr. Hogarth, Mr. Dandridge, and Mr. Lambert, masters in the art of painting. Written by Mr. Mitchell
- 1732: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
- 1732: Chiron to Achilles
- 1732: Le sicilien
- 1732: Le misantrope
- 1732: The volunteer laureat. A poem. Most humbly address'd to Her Majesty on her birth-day. By Richard Savage, Esq
- 1732: L'avare, come?die. Par Monsieur de Moliere. = The miser, a comedy. From the French of Moliere
- 1732: George Dandin
- 1732: Le malade imaginaire
- 1732: Les pre?cieuses ridicules
- 1732: Les fascheux
- 1732: Amphitrion
- 1732: Select comedies of Mr. de Moliere
- 1732: Le mariage force?
- 1732: Sganarelle
- 1732: Le me?decin malgre? lui
- 1732: L'e?cole des maris
- 1732: Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
- 1732: L'e?tourdi
- 1732: Tartuffe
- 1732: L'e?cole des femmes
- 1732: Malpasia
- 1733: Athalia
- 1733: The travels and adventures of James Massey
- 1733: Memoirs of the life of Barton Booth, Esq; with his character. To which are added several poetical pieces, written by himself, viz. Translations from Horace, songs, Odes, &c. To which is likewise annex'd, The Case of Mr. Booth's last Illness, and what was observ'd (particularly with regard to the Quick-Silver found in his Intestines) upon Opening of his Body, in the Presence of Sir Hans Sloan, by Mr. Alexander Small, Surgeon. Publish'd by an intimate acquaintance of Mr. Booth, by consent of his widow
- 1733: Ulysses
- 1733: The beggar's opera
- 1733: Deborah
- 1734: Aurora's nuptials
- 1734: The mother-in-Law
- 1734: A journey to London
- 1734: A journey to London
- 1734: The vocal parts of an entertainment, call'd, Merlin; or, the Devil of Stone-Henge
- 1735: An old man taught wisdom
- 1735: The beggar's opera
- 1735: The merry cobler
- 1735: The works of Anacreon
- 1735: The man of taste
- 1735: Of business and retirement
- 1735: The universal gallant
- 1735: The plot. As it is perform'd by His Majesty's Company of comedians at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. With the musick prefix'd to each song
- 1735: A journey to London
- 1736: The tragedy of Zara
- 1736: The general history of China
- 1739: The general history of China
- 1742: The beggar's opera
- 1743: A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, the sheriffs, and the governors of the several hospitals of the city of London
- 1749: The beggar's opera
- 1752: The tragedy of Zara
- 1753: The provok'd husband
- 1754: The beggar's opera
As Printer
- 1715: The architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building, As Also The different Construction of Private and Publick Houses, High-Ways, Bridges, Market-Places, Xystes, and Temples, with their Plans, Sections, and Uprights. To which are added several Notes and Observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before. Revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian; Architect to his most Serene Highness, the Elector Palatine. Translated from the Italian original
- 1729: The compleat gentleman
- 1736: The general history of China
- 1739: The general history of China
- 1739: Remarks and meditations on our principal controversies with the church of Rome
- 1740: An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber
- 1741: Select discourses on moral and religious subjects
- 1742: A short treatise on the game of whist
- 1747: The character and conduct of Cicero, considered, from the history of his life, by the Reverend Dr. Middleton
- 1753: The provok'd husband
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