BALLARI. Previously Bellary. Printing recorded 1819. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
CALCUTTA. See Kolkata.
CHENNAI. Formerly Madras. Fort Saint George. Printing recorded 1772. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842) ; ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Aghavelian, Sargis. 1809-1812. Printer. In 1809 Sargis Aghavelian opened the third printing press in Madras and during the following three years published five volumes. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012.
Chennai. Asylum Press. 1800. Printer. Printed at the Asylum Press by the boys of the charity and published for the benefit of the Institution, 1800. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Asylum Press. 1800. Printers. East India Company. Army. A list of the officers of the army, ordnance and medical departments, serving on the Madras establishment, and island of Ceylon, with an index. Fort St. George Adjutant General’s Office 1st March, 1800. Compiled for the benefit of the Male Asylum, [...]. - [Madras] : Printed at the Asylum Press, by the boys of the charity. To be had on application to Mr. Taylor, at the Male Asylum, [1800]. - 195,[5]p. ; 4°. - The final five pages contain errata and a list of ’Books printed at the Asylum Press’. - ESTC.
Chennai. Bone and Cooper. 1795-1796. Printers. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Bone, A. B. 1794-1795. Printer. Near the General Hospital (Hirracah, 1794). printed by A. B. Bone, for the proprietors, Popham’s Broadway, Black Town, [1795]-Madras gazette. Imprints vary;
Chennai. Cooper, W. S. 1795. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Courier Press. 1796. Printer. Printed at the Courier Press, by William Hunter, M.DCC.XCVI. [1796] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Delon, Charles. 17. Printer. Printed at Madras by Charles Delon, printer to the Honourable Company, 1778. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Duckworth, H. 1792-1793. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. East India Company. 1761. Printer. Printed at Madras, [1761]. This is the earliest known piece of printing from Madras, produced on the press of the East India Company. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Edles, Henry. 1799. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Ford, Charles. 1787-1790. Printer. At the Honorable Company’s Press, 1787. Imprints include: East India Company. Army lists, 1788. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Hircarrah Press. 1793-1794. Printer. printed for the proprietors, near the gate, leading to Vipery, 1793. The Hircarrah. Began in 1793; ceased in 1794? Note at end of imprint: "Subscriptions received by Mr. G.P. Cook, agent to the Hircarrah Press; and Messrs. King and Johnson, Calcutta." Imprints vary; from no.36 (May 13, 1794) imprint reads in part: "Printed by A.B. Bone, near the General Hospital"; at end of imprint: "Subscriptions received by Mr. John Hunter, ... Fort St. George [i.e. Madras]...". See also under Kolkata. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Hunter, William. 1796. Printer. Printed at the Courier Press, by William Hunter, M.DCC.XCVI. [1796] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Lutheran Mission Press. 1786. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Martin, Joseph. 1785-1793. Printer. Madras courier. Fort St. George : printed by Joseph Martin, at the Printing Office, subscriptions also received by Mr. Henry Abbott, Calcutta, 1785-1793? Printed by Joseph Martin, Exchange, Fort St. George, 1793: The Courier. Imprints vary; from Vol. X, no. 430 (3 Jan. 1794) imprint reads in part: Madras: printed by J. D. Matthews, in Court House Street, Fort St. George". Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Matthews, J. D. 1794-1795. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Shahamirian, Yeghiazar. 1775-1783. Printer. After the death of Hagop Shahamirian, his brother, Yeghiazar, assumed the management of the printing press and followed the path of his late brother in promoting patriotism and liberation ideology. Between 1775 and 1783 he produced four publications. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012 ; ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Shahmirian, Hagop. 1772-1773. Printer. In 1772 the merchant Shahamir Shahamirian established the first Armenian printing press in Madras in the name of his older son Hagop, who would be assisted by his Armenian tutor Movses Baghramian, a former collaborator of Joseph Emin. Nor Tetrak vor Kochi Hordorak (New Pamphlet, which is called Exhortation) Compiled by Movses Balramean and Yakob Šahamirean. A reader for Armenian children, including a selection of religious poems, the earliest known Armenian work printed in India. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012 ; ESTC (2015).
Chennai. Shamrian, Hagop and Hovsep. 1812. Printers. The last Armenian printing press in Madras belonged to Hagop and Hovsep Shamrian brothers, who in 1812 translated from English Voltaire’s Julius Caesar, the first play ever printed in Armenian. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012.
Chennai. Shmavonian, Harutiwn. 1789-1809. Printer. The second Armenian printing press of Madras was established in 1789 at St. Asdvadzadzin Church by Rev. Harutiwn Shmavonian from Shiraz, who is best known as the publisher of Azdarar (Mirror), the first Armenian Journal in 1794. In addition to Azdarar, during his 20-year publishing career (1789-1809), Shmavonian printed 20 volumes. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012.
Chennai. Urquhart, William. 1795. Printer. printed by William Urquhart, 1795-. Madras courier (Madras, India : 1795). Imprints vary; from
Chennai. [s. n.]. 1772. Printer. Ceapaaattil accaikkappaatu, [1772] The Malabar New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ [Tamil] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. [s. n.]. 1798. Printer. Ceapaaattukkautta Vepperimicyo accukkuattil patikkappaatu, [1798] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Chennai. [s. n.]. 1800. Printer. Ceapaanaukkautta Vepperiyile miciyo accukkuattil patikkappautu Kiisttu pianta 1800 varuam, [1800] Sources: ESTC (2015).
CHINSURAH. Printing recorded 1820. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Chinsurah. Wilkins, Charles. 1778. Printer. Hoogly : Printed at Hoogly in Bengal [by Charles Wilkins], 1778. Sources: ESTC (2015).
COTYM. Printing recorded 1820. Sources: Timperley (1842).
EGMORE. Ezhumbur, Chennai (Madras). Printing recorded 1813. Sources: Timperley (1842).
GOA. Formerly Portugese colony. Printing recorded 1550, 1563. Introduced by Jesuits. The press was attached to St Paul's college. Sources: Timperley (1842). Goa was used as a fictitious imprint in the 18th century: Goa [Paris] Par exprès commandement de l'empereur, 1752. A Goa [Lyon or Neuchâtel] : aux dépends du St. Office, 1765. Lettre à Monsieur *** relative à Monsieur J.J. Rousseau / Pierre-Alexandre Du Peyrou. A Goa [Bouillon?], chez Dominique Ferox, imprimeur du Grand Inquisiteur, a l'Auto-da-fé, rue des Foux. Pour l'an de grace. M. DCC. LXVII., [1767] Almanach philosophique : en quatre parties/ Jean Louis Castilhon. Goa [Bouillon], 1767. Goa [Paris?], 1776 Lettre de l'inquisiteur de Goa, à mai^tre Dedelay d'Achères, inquisiteur du Châtelet de Paris, sur la sentence qui condamne au feu la philosophie de la nature / J. de Sales. Goa [Paris?] : Dans le palais de l'inquisition, 1790. L'Hermite sans soucis. A Goa : De l'imprimerie de la Grande Inquisition d'Asie, 1790. L'Abus des mots des nosseigneurs de l'assemblée des Etats-généraux, restaurateur de la nation française : sur les articles 1. Propriété. 2. Patriotisme. 3. Liberté. 4. Despotisme. 5. Aristocratie. 6. Constitution. 7. Nation libre. 8. Regénération. - Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Goa. Doratus, Constantinus. 1588. Printer. . Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Goa. Endem, João de. 1560-1568. Printer. Rodrigues, Gonçalo de, Tractada em que mostrara pela decisão dos concilios e authoridade dos santos padres, 1560. Compendio Spiritval Da Vida Christãa, tirado de muitos autores pello primerio Arcebispo de Goa, e per elle prégado no primeiro anno a seus fregueses, pera gloria e hõrra de Iesv Christo ... e edificac¸am de suas Ovelhas / Gaspar de Leão. - Goa, Impresso por Ioão Quinquencio, e Ioão de Endham [1561]. Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas medic¸inais da India, e assi dalguãs frutas achadas nella onde se tratam alguãs cousas tocantes a medic¸ina, pratica, e outras cousas boas / Garcia de Orta. - Impresso em Goa : Por Ioannes de Endem, as x. dias de Abril de 1563. Em Goa : Por Ioão de Endem, 1565. Goa : Per Ioão de Endem, 8 Abril 1568. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Goa. Officina Typografica do Governo. 1822-1836. Printer. Goa : Na Officina Typografica do Governo, 1822. Goa : Na Typographia do Governo, 1833-1836. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Goa. Henriques, Henrique. 1578. Printer. First printed book in Tamil. Thampiraan vanakkam.
Goa. Imprensa nacional. 1838-1872. Printer. Nova-Goa : Imprensa Nacional, 1839-1872. Goa : Typographia Nacional, 1838-1841. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Goa. Collegio de Sam Paulo da Companhia de Iesv. 1643-1659. Printer. [Goa] : Collegio de S. Paulo nouo da Companhia de Iesv, 1643. [Goa] : Impresso no Collegio de Sam Paulo nouo da Companhia de Iesus, anno de 1644. Em Goa : Impresso no Collegio de Sam Paulo da Companhia de Iesv, Anno de 1652. Goa : impresso no Collegio de Sam-Paulo, 1659. The follwing imprints can perhaps be linked to the college: Empressos em Goa : na Caza Professa de J[esus], [1634?]. [Goa] : Luvem edita, [1669]. Goa Iterum Recognitum : ac in lucem editum Die, 1669. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Goa. Quinquencio, Ioão. 1578. Printer. Goa, Impresso por Ioão Quinquencio, e Ioão de Endham [1561]. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
HUGLI. Hoogly, Bengal. Printing recorded 1778. First printed book in Bengali. Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, A Grammar of the Bengal Language. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
KHUIZPOOR. Bengal. Printing recorded 1807. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
KOLKATA. Previously: Calcutta. Printing recorded 1778. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Kolkata. Asiatic Lithographic Press. 1825. Printer and publisher. Sources: WorldCat (2015). /P>
Kolkata. Cantopher, Manuel. 1789-1792. Printer. Printed and sold by Manuel Cantopher, at the Honourable the Company’s printing-office; and sold at London by P. Elmsly, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788, i.e. 1789-1791] - Asiatick researches: or, transactions of the society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia. ...Vol. 1 dated 1788, but in fact published in 1789; vol. 2 dated 1790, but in fact published in 1791; vol. 3 printed by T. Watley and dated 1792, but in fact published in 1793; vols. 4 and 5 printed at the Honorable Company’s Press and dated 1795 and 1798 respectively; vol. 6 printed at the Honorable Company’s Press and dated 1799, but in fact published in 1800. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Chronicle Press. 1793-1797. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015). First printed book in Hindi. A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language.
Kolkata. Cooper and Upjohn. 1790-1791. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Cooper, Joseph. 1785-1799. Printer and publisher. Sonnerat, Pierre, 1748-1814. A voyage to the East-Indies and China; performed by order of Lewis XV. between the years 1774 and 1781. Containing a description of the manners, religion, arts, and Sciences, of the Indians, Chinese, Pegouins, and of the Islanders of Madagascar; also Observations on the Cape of Good Hope, the Isles of France and Bourbon, the Maldivias, Ceylon, Malaoca, the Phillippines, and Moluccas. Translated from the French of Monsieur Sonherat, Commissary of the Marine, &c. &c. by Francis Magnus. - Calcutta : from the press of Stuart and Cooper, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]-89. - 3v. ; 8°. - Vol.3 is dated 1789, and bears the imprint: "From the press of Joseph Cooper".. - ESTC T113837. Printed at the Library Press, by Joseph Cooper, 1792. Printed by Joseph Cooper at Calcutta, and sold for the benefit of insolvent debtors, M,DCC,XCII [1792]. Printed and published by Joseph Cooper. At the circulating library, 1794. Printed by Joseph Cooper, Telegraph Press, 1797. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. East India Company. 1781-1785. Printer. printed at the Honorable Company’s Press, 1781-1800. Asiatick researches: or, transactions of the society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia, vols. 4 and 5 printed at the Honorable Company’s Press and dated 1795 and 1798 respectively; vol. 6 printed at the Honorable Company’s Press and dated 1799, but in fact published in 1800. See also Joseph Cooper (1785), Manuel Cantopher (1789-1792). Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Ferris and Co. 1799-1800. Printer. printed by , 1800. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Ferris and Greenway. 1798-1799. Printers. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Gladwin, Francis. 1784. Printer. The Calcutta gazette; or, Oriental advertiser. Began with vol. I, no. 1 (4 Mar. 1784); ceased in 1815. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Gordon, George. 1783-1789. Printer. A correct list of the civil servants, of the Honorable Company, on the Bengal establishment, 1788. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Hay, John. 1785-1787. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Hicky, James Augustus. 1779-1782. Printer. Hicky’s Bengal gazette; or, Calcutta general advertiser, 1780-. Hicky’s Bengal gazette; or the Original Calcutta general advertiser, 1782-. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Hircarrah Press. 1799-1800. Printer. printed by John Johnson, Hircarrah Press, 1799. Printed by Thomas Hollingbery. Hircarrah Press, [1800]. See also under Chennai. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Hollingbery, Thomas. 1795-1800. Printer. The Asiatic mirror and Commercial advertiser. Began in 1788; ceased in the nineteenth century. Imprints vary; first published by the Mirror Press; in 1790-1791 "printed by J[ames]. White"; from 1795: "by T[homas]. Hollingbery; from 1797: "printed for the proprietors". Printed by Thomas Hollingbery, Hircarrah Press, [1800]. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Hordananian, Poghos. 1821. Printer. In 1821, Poghos Hordananian established an Armenian printing press in Calcutta under the management of Imastakhndrian (wisdom seeking) and Ojanaspiwrian (aid spreading) Societies. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012.
Kolkata. Howel, John. 1799. Printer. printed by John Howel, Junior, MDCCXCIX. [1799] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. India Gazette Office. 1790. Printer. The India gazette: or, Calcutta public advertiser. Began with: No. 1, 18 Nov. 1780; ceased in 1789? Printed for the compiler, by C[harles]. L[ewis]. Vogel, at the India Gazette press, M.DCC.XC. [1790]- The Calcutta monthly register, or, India repository, of instruction and entertainment. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Jntlumian, Avet. 1811-1819. Printer. In 1811, thirteen years after the closure of St. Nazareth press, with 30 supporters in the community, Avet Jntlumian established the second Armenian printing press in Calcutta for the “enlightenment, splendor and merriment” of his nation. In nine years he produced 21 publications. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012.
Kolkata. Johnson, John. 1799. Printer. printed by John Johnson, Hircarrah Press, 1799. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Jones, Thomas. 1788-1789. Printer. printed by Thomas Jones, Rada Bazar, M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Kiernander, Robert William. 1777-1783. Printer. Printed [by Robert William Kiernander] in the office of the Mission, [1782-1783] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Leary, James. 1792-1793. Printer. printed by James Leary, at the World Press -- Calcutta, MDCCXCIII. [1793]. The World Vol. I. No. I. (Saturday, October 15, 1791.)- Imprints vary; later printers include: Augustin Pereira (from no. 24, 1792), and from no.55, 1792: James Leary; addresses also vary; some issues lack imprint. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Levingston, Thomas. 1788-1794. Printer. printed by Thomas Levingston, Taunt Khanna, 1788-. The Asiatic mirror and Commercial advertiser. Began in 1788; ceased in the nineteenth century. Imprints vary; first published by the Mirror Press; in 1790-1791 "printed by J[ames]. White"; from 1795: "by T[homas]. Hollingbery; from 1797: "printed for the proprietors". Printed by T. Levingston, Mirror Press, 1792-1795. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Library Press. 1792-1794. Printer. Printed at the Library Press, by Joseph Cooper, 1792. Printed and published by Joseph Cooper. At the circulating library, 1794. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Mackay, William. 1786-1788. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Manuel, G. 1795. Printer. London. Calcutta reprinted by G. Manuel, 1795. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Messink, B. 1782. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Miller, John. 1797. Printer. printed by John Miller], 1797. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Mirror Press. 1788-1789. Printer. The Asiatic mirror and Commercial advertiser. Began in 1788; ceased in the nineteenth century. Imprints vary; first published by the Mirror Press; in 1790-1791 printed by James White; from 1795: "by T[homas]. Hollingbery; from 1797: "printed for the proprietors". Printed by Thomas Levingstone, Mirror Press, 1792-1795Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. office of the Mission1782-1783. Printer. Printed [by Robert William Kiernander] in the office of the Mission, [1782-1783] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Offiçina da Missaõ Ingleza. 1783-1785. Printer. na offiçina da Missaõ Ingleza, Anno de 1783. impressa na officina da Missaõ, 1785. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Oriental Star-Office. 1793. Printer. printed for the author, at the Oriental Star-Office, MDCCXCIII. [1793] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Pereira, Augustin. 1792. Printer. The World Vol. I. No. I. (Saturday, October 15, 1791.)- Imprints vary; later printers include: Augustin Pereira (from no. 24, 1792), and from no.55, 1792: James Leary; addresses also vary; some issues lack imprint. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Shakell, J. 1787. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Stepanosian, Hovsep. 1790-1798. Printer. The establishment of the first Armenian printing press in Calcutta was somehow the result of sheer coincidence. In 1790, Armenian fonts and other printing equipment, discovered at the shop of a British trader in the market, were purchased and donated to St. Nazareth Church by Movses Khachig Arakel, to establish a printing shop, under the management of Rev. Hovsep Stepanosian. During the following eight years, five publications were produced. Source: Vazken Ghougassian The printing enterprise of Armenians in India, November 2012.
Kolkata. Stuart and Cooper. 1786-1788. Printer. Printed by Stuart and Cooper, [1786-1798]. The Calcutta chronicle: and general advertiser. Imprints vary; in 1786: Printed at the Chronicle Press; after Stuart returned to England in Nov. 1788 they read: Printed by Joseph Cooper, at his office, behind the Writers’ Buildings. Printed by Stuart and Cooper, Council-House Street, [1787]. Sonnerat, Pierre, 1748-1814. A voyage to the East-Indies and China; performed by order of Lewis XV. between the years 1774 and 1781. Containing a description of the manners, religion, arts, and Sciences, of the Indians, Chinese, Pegouins, and of the Islanders of Madagascar; also Observations on the Cape of Good Hope, the Isles of France and Bourbon, the Maldivias, Ceylon, Malaoca, the Phillippines, and Moluccas. Translated from the French of Monsieur Sonherat, Commissary of the Marine, &c. &c. by Francis Magnus. - Calcutta : from the press of Stuart and Cooper, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]-89. - 3v. ; 8°. - Vol.3 is dated 1789, and bears the imprint: "From the press of Joseph Cooper".. - ESTC T113837
Kolkata. Stuart, Daniel. 1784-1785. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Telegraph Press. 1798. Printer. printed at the Telegraph Press, 1798 - by C.L. Vogel, [1798] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Thomas, Jacob. 1791. Printer. Printed by Jacob Thomas, No. 44, Cossitollah-Street 91. The World Vol. I. No. I. (Saturday, October 15, 1791.)- Imprints vary; later printers include: Augustin Pereira (from no. 24, 1792), and from no.55, 1792: James Leary; addresses also vary; some issues lack imprint. Printed by Jacob Thomas, at no. 319 Bow-Bazaar, 1793- The oriental star. Imprints vary; later issues printed "by Manuel Cantopher, no. 3, at King’s Bench Walk, near Chandpaul Gaut." Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Thomson and Ferris. 1792-1797. Printer. Printed by Thomson and Ferris, at their office, no. 69, Bow Bazar [sic], <1792-1818> The Calcutta Friday morning post; and general advertiser. Published by: Archibald Thomson and Paul Ferris until 1800, then by Paul Ferris alone. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Thomson Ferris, and Greenway. 1798. Printer. printed by Thomson, Ferris, and Greenway, 1798. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Thomson, Archibald. 1792. Printer. printed by Archibald Thomson, at the Hon. Company’s Press, [1792] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Upjohn, Aaron. 1790-1799. Printer. Printed by A[aron]. Upjohn, at his office, next to Messrs. Cockerell, Trail, & Lawtie’s; where advertisements, letters, and articles of intelligence, are received, [1789?-1834]India gazette. Began in 1789 or 90? Ceased in 1834. Description based on: Vol. X. No. 483 (Monday, February 15, 1790); title from caption. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Vogel, Charles Lewis. 1790-1791. Printer. printed for the compiler, by C[harles]. L[ewis]. Vogel, at the India Gazette press, M.DCC.XC. [1790]-. The Calcutta monthly register, or, India repository, of instruction and entertainment. printed at the Telegraph Press, 1798 - by C.L. Vogel, [1798]. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Watley, Thomas. 1791-1800. Printer. printed at the Honorable Company’s Press, by Thomas Watley, 1791. Asiatick researches: or, transactions of the society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia, vol. 3 printed by T. Watley and dated 1792, but in fact published in 1793. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. White, James. 1790-1792. Printer. Mirror Press, 1790-1791. No. 51, Cossitollah, 1791. The Asiatic mirror and Commercial advertiser. Began in 1788; ceased in the nineteenth century. Imprints vary; first published by the Mirror Press; in 1790-1791 "printed by J[ames]. White"; from 1795: "by T[homas]. Hollingbery; from 1797: "printed for the proprietors". Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. Wilkins, Charles. 1779-1782. Printer. Printed at Calcutta by the translator, 1781. A translation of a royal grant of land by one of the ancient Raajaas of Hindostan, from the original in the Shanscrit language and character, engraved upon a copper plate, bearing date 56 years before the Christian era; and discovered some years since amongst the ruins a Mongueer. Deva Dala, King of Bengal. Translated by Sir Charles Wilkins. By order of the Honorable Governor General and Council, translated by William Chambers, printed by Charles Wilkins, 1782. Printed by order of the Governor General, M.DCCLXXXII. Charles Wilkins Superintendant of the Press, [1782]. Printed at Calcutta by order of the Hon’ble the Gov. General and Council, Charles Wilkins superintendant of the Press, MDCCLXXXIII. [1783] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kolkata. World Press. 1792-1793. Printer. printed by James Leary, at the World Press -- Calcutta, MDCCXCIII. [1793]. The World Vol. I. No. I. (Saturday, October 15, 1791.)- Imprints vary; later printers include: Augustin Pereira (from no. 24, 1792), and from no.55, 1792: James Leary; addresses also vary; some issues lack imprint. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Kozhikode. Calicute ; Forteresse du Nabab Hyder Haly, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784] Hyder Haly = Haidar Ali, Nawab of Mysore. Sources: ESTC (2015).
LUCKNOW. Printing recorded 1821. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
MADRAS. See Chennai.
MALABAR COAST. Hindostan. Printing recorded 1577, 1820. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
MALDA. Bengal. Printing recorded 1780. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Malda. Wilkins, Charles. 1780. Printer. Malda in Bengal : printed by Charles Wilkins, 1780. Sources: ESTC (2015).
MUMBAI. Previously: Bombay. Printing recorded 1792. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Mumbai. [s. n.]. 1772. Printer. printed at the house of Mr. James Tod, 1772. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Mumbai. Bombay Courier Office. 1796. Printer. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Mumbai. Bombay Gazette Office. 17. Printers. printed for the proprietors, at the Bombay Gazette office, in Lyceum Street, where advertisements, essays and articles of intelligence will be thankfully received, 1790-. Bombay Gazette. Description based on: Vol. III. Wednesday, August 15th, 1792. No. 113.; title from caption. See also John Turner. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Mumbai. Burne, Joseph. 1790. Printer. printed for the proprietor, by Joseph Burne, number 7, Forbe’s Street, Bombay courier. Began in 1790 Sources: ESTC (2015).
Mumbai. Courier Press. 1793-1811. Printer. Printed at the Courier Printing Office, 1800. First printed book in Malayalam. [New Testament] 1811. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Mumbai. Gazette Press. 1792-1798. Printer. printed by John Turner, at the Gazette Press, [1798] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Mumbai. Turner, John. 1798. Printer. printed by John Turner, at the Gazette Press, [1798] Sources: ESTC (2015).
NNAGERCOIL. Printing recorded 1827. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
PONDICHERRY. Puducherry. Printing recorded 1778, 1784. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Pondicherry. Fischer, Jean. 1778. Printer. chez Jean Fischer, imprimeur, 1778. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Pondichery. Imprimerie nationale. 1792-1793. Printer. de l’Imprimerie nationale. Sources: ESTC (2015).
RACHOLIUM. Racholium possibly the name of a College of Jesuits, in the island of Salsette, off the Coast of Bombay. Printing recorded 1632. Sources: Timperley (1842).
SHRIRAMPUR. Formerly Serampore, Danish India. Printing recorded 1800. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842). Baptist Missionary Society, printing Bibles and books in several Indian languages.
Shrirampur. Serampore Mission Press. 1807-1813. Printers and publishers. First printed book in Oriya: Mrtyuñjaya Bidyalankar, New Testament. - Serampore : Printed at the Missionary Press, 1810. 1813: First printed book in Assamese, New Testament, translated by William Carey et al. 1813: first printed book in Telugu, Grammar of Telugu.
THANJAVUR. Previously: Tanjore. Printing recorded 1810. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
THARAGAMBADI. Previously Tranquebar, Trangambar, Trankenbar, Tranquebariae, Trangambariae, Trankenbariae, Tarankanpatiyile. Printing recorded 1712. Sources: Timperley (1842) ; ESTC (2015).
THARAMGABADI. Formerly Tranquebar..
Tharangambadi. 17. Printer. Em India Oriental na Costa de Coromandel, na officina da Real Missaão de Dinamarca, Anno de 1719. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Missionarios del Rey de Dennemark 1712-1713. Printer. em India oriental na costa de Coromandel na estámpa dos missionarios del Rey de Dennemark, Anno 1712. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Kiristtu piranta. 1781. Varusattile, 1781. Sources: ESTC.
Tharangambadi. Missionarii Regis Danici. 17. Printer. typis missionariorum Reg. Danic. anno, 1715. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Adler, G. 1714. Printer. typis Malabaricis impressit G. Adler, 1714. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Danish Mission Press. 1712-1723. Printer. printed in the office of the Danish missionaries, 1717. in the printing-house of the Danish Mission, 1723. Sources: ESTC (2015); Mellot (2004).
Tharangambadi. Kongelig Danske Missions Bogtryckerij. 1719-1774. Printer. tryckt i det Kongelig Danske Missions Bogtrycker, 1774. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Königliche Dänische Missions-Buchdruckerey. 1717-1719. Printer. gedrukt in der [Königlichen Dänischen] Missions-Buchdruckerey. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Missio Danica. 1717-1799. Printer. typis [et sumptibus] Missionis Danicae. ex typographia Regiae Missionis Danicae anno, 1719. In officina Missionis Danicae anno, 1723. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Missionarios del Rey de Dennemark. 1712-1713. Printer. Na estampa dos missionarios del Rey de Dennemark. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Officina da Real Missaõ de Dinamarca1725-1798. Printer. na officina da Real Missaõ [de Dinamarca]. em a estampa da Real Missaõ, no anno, 1720. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. Ziegenbalg, Bartholomaeus. 1712-1715. Printer. Sources: Clair, chronology.
Tharangambadi. [s. n.]. 1713. Printer. Tarakapaiyileyirukkia patirimarkauaiya accile poappaa pottakam Kii¯ttu pianta ayirattu eunuttuppatimuam varuam, [1713] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Tharangambadi. [s. n.]. 1722. Printer. yirukkiapatirimarkauaiya accilepatittappayatu, 1722. Sources: ESTC (2015).
VARANASI. Previously: Benares. Printing recorded 1819. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
VEPERY. Formerly Wipery. Village near Chennai. Printing recorded 1766. Printed at Madras [i.e. Vepery, 1771-1772?]. Calendars. Printed in Vepery for free distribution in Bengal. Sources: ESTC (2015) ; Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Vepery. East India Company. 1766. Printer. printed at the East India Company’s Press, 1766] Sources: ESTC (2015).
Vepery. English Mission Press. 1778-1793. Printer. Printed at Wepery [sic] near Madras in the year 1778: Fabricius, Johann Philipp. A grammar for learning the principles of the Malabar language, properly called Tamul or the Tamulian language. By the English missionaries of Madras, 1778. Printed in the office of the Mission at Vepery near Madras, 1793. Em vepery a offiçina da Missaõ Ingleza, Anno de 1800. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Vepery. Lutheran Mission Press. 1779. Printer. Printed at Wepery near Madras [at the Lutheran Mission Press] in the year, 1779. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Vepery. Lutheran Mission Press. 1786. Printer. Printed and completely done at Vepery near Madras [at the Lutheran Mission Press] in the year, 1786. Sources: ESTC (2015).
Vepery. Vepery Mission press. 1766. Sources: Mellot (2004).
Visakhapatnam. Formerly Vizagapatam, Deccan. Printing recorded 1812. Sources: Timperley (1842).
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