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- CARSON, William printer and newspaper printer
Dumfries
85 English Street 1825
Printer of The Dumfries Weekly Journal.
Pigot 1825
- CARSS, John bookbinder Glasgow
M'Nair & Carss, Head of Back Wynd 1809
John Carss, Moodie's Court, 13 Argyll Street 1815-20
John Carss & Co, Moodie's Court, 31 Argyll Street
1823-28
John Carss, same address 1835
John Carss & Co, same address 1840-49
John Alexander bookbinder is described as 'of John Carss
& Co' 1844-47, and is probably the partner.
Glas Dir; Pigot 1820-25
- CARSE [CARSS], William printer Glasgow
127 Trongate 1820
Entry 40 Trongate and 39 Prince's Street 1821-25
62 King's Street 1826-28
56 King's Street 1828
36 Prince's Street 1831-33
51 Saltmarket 1834-36
Publisher of ballads and catchpenny tracts. One of his regular
lines was Glasgow trials and sentences, broadsides giving
the results of the local assizes.
Chapbook Printers; Glas Dir
- CARSTAIRS, A. engraver Edinburgh
2 Shakespeare Square 1848-55
and chaser same address 1856-58
5 High Terrace 1859
19 South St David's Street 1860-66
A. L. Carstairs same address 1867-75
13 Hanover Street 1876
11 Hanover Street 1877-94
Edin Dir
- CARSTAIRS, Lindsay copperplate printer Edinburgh
Canongate 1788
Married Christian Menzies daughter of the deceased John Menzies
painter 29 September 1788.
CanonMarr
- CARSTAIRS, Lindsay copperplate printer Edinburgh
53 High Street 1812-14
Edin Dir
- CARSTAIRS, W. printer Edinburgh
3 North James Street 1836
Gray 1836
- CARSWELL, Allan bookbinder Paisley
29 Old Snedden Street 1825
Pigot 1825
- CARSWELL, Allan bookbinder Paisley
77 High Street 1825
5 New Sneddon 1838
Pigot 1825; Paisley 1838
- CARSWELL. David bookbinder Paisley
35 Storie Street 1851
bookbinder and working stationer same address 1868
Paisley 1851; 1868
- CARSWELL, George junior bookseller Paisley
69 High Street 1825
Pigot 1825
- CARSWELL, George senior bookseller Paisley
1 Dyer's Wynd, 1825
Pigot 1825
- CARSWELL, James junior bookseller and stationer
Paisley
4 Moss Street 1838
Paisley 1838
- CARSWELL, John lithographer, engraver, printer, bookbinder
and account book manufacturer Paisley
100 High Street 1845-47
46 Moss Street 1848-66
4 High Street 1867-86
3 High Street 1887-91
14 Causeyside Street 1892-20th Century
Died 1897.
Schenck; Slater 1852; Paisley 1851; 1868
- CARTER, Henry bookseller Dumfries
Dumfries 1810
Sequestration in SRO 1810.
SRO CS231/C/1/32
- CARTSDYKE MECHANICS LIBRARY subscription library
Greenock
11 Dellingburn Street 1845
5 East Blackhall Street 1853-61
Instituted 1830. The library contains upwards of 1700 volumes, has
about 300 readers. Not in Fowler 1832; 1834; 1836.
Greenock 1845; 1853; 1861
- CARTWRIGHT, William printer Edinburgh
3 North St James Street 1834-37
Davie Street 1838
R.W.M. St Cuthbert's Gardeners' Society 9 Davie Street 1839
Edin Dir
- CARTWRIGHT, William printer Edinburgh
179 Canongate 1844-45
130 Canongate 1846-50
Edin Dir
- CASSEDY, John book deliverer Edinburgh
57 Potterrow 1838-41
Edin Dir
- CASTIGAN, Daniel marbled and coloured paper maker
Edinburgh
30 Old Fishmarket Close 1816-18
15 Cowgate 1819-20
Edin Dir
- CATANACH, John printer Edinburgh
in Wariston's Closs opposite to the Luckenbooths 1728-29
Edinburgh 1730-35
Married the daughter of John Watson. Burgess 5 August 1730. Will
registered 25 April 1735.
NLS Impr Ind; EdinTest
- CATHCART PAPER MILL WAREHOUSE, Glasgow
10 and 12 Bell Street 1840-47
Cathcart Mill, Cathcart, near Glasgow, Mill No 19, was in the
ownership of Archibald Muir in 1825. Robert Weir was the owner in
the 1832 list. He lived and had his warehouse at that time at 11
Miller Street, Glasgow. In 1852 and 1860 the owner was Solomon
Lindsay.
Glas Dir; Thomson
- CATHCART, David stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1682
His brother-german Robert Cathcart was apprenticed to him 22
February 1682.
EdinPren
- CATHCART, Robert apprentice stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1682
Apprenticed to David Cathcart stationer his brother-german 22
February 1682.
EdinPren
- CATHKIN, Edward bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1585-1601
Fled to England with his brother James in 1585 to avoid the
consequences of religious disturbances and was afterwards in
trouble on the same account. One of 7 complainers against John
Norton in 1592. When Norton gave up his Edinburgh business Cathkin
bought the stock with Andrew Hart. Closely connected with Hart in
business matters. His wife was Jonet Hart. They had three children
John, Eliazer, and Bathea. He died 9 March 1601. Will registered of
Edward Cathkin bookseller Burgess 4 June 1601. The Inventory of his
will (Bann.Misc. ii.229) names Hart among the debtors, and
Norton as a creditor. Apprentice: Thomas Porteous bookbinder,
Burgess 14 November 1610.
Aldis 1904; EBS.i.12.2; Lee.App.lxxi; Calderwood.iv.351;
v.520.535; EdinTest; EdinPren
- CATHKIN, James bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1585-1631
Brother of Edward Cathkin. Gave his age as 34 in 1593. Related by
marriage to R. Lawson. Possibly succeeded brother in the
bookselling business. Was in partnership with Hart in printing
about 1613. Died 30 Sept 1631. Will registered 19 April 1632. There
is an account of his examination by the King under suspicion of
printing The Perth Assembly 1619 in the Bann.Misc.i.99.
Widow Jonet Mayne continued business. Her will was registered 18
December 1640. The Inventory of his will is in Bann.Misc.ii.249.
Apprentices: Alexander Abernethy 9 November 1618; William Knox 13
October 1619; Robert Crombie 7 April 1630, Burgess 29 January
1679.
Aldis 1904; Privy Council Register x.xi.xii; EdinTest;
EdinPren
- CAVE, Joseph engraver Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1712-56
Married Mary Chieslie in Edinburgh 15 May 1712; Appears in list of
subscribers to Nisbet's Essay on armories 1718. Joseph
Cave engraver in the Mint of Edinburgh admitted to Sanctuary for
debt at Holyroodhouse 29 January 1735. Died at Edinburgh 20 January
1756; Will registered 16 July 1756.
Bush.2; Cadell; EdinTest; Johnst3
- CAVENDISH, Joseph apprentice printer Aberdeen
Aberdeen 1770
Joseph Cavendish apprenticed to James Chalmers & Co printers
Aberdeen 1 July 1770.
Maxted
- CAVERHILL, Archibald stationer and map seller
Edinburgh
Parliament Square 1784
Edin Dir
- CAVERHILL, T bookseller and seller of patent medicines
Jedburgh
Jedburgh 1747-59
Sold copies of a number of books published by the Secession Church
1747-9. Selling patent medicines Edinburgh Chronicle 3
November 1759.
NLS Impr Ind
- CAW bookbinder Edinburgh
Gosford Close 1778
Edin Dir
- CAW, Alexander bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1776-84
Warriston's Close 1784-86
Married Helen daughter of Andrew Hendrie miller at Buchanty,
Perthshire 29 December 1776. Married Elizabeth daughter of David
Watt, miller at Stockbridge 29 May 1784.
EdinMarr; Edin Dir
- CAW, Alexander bookbinder Edinburgh
Old Assembly Close 1805-07
Edin Dir
- CAW, Alexander bookbinder Edinburgh
Warriston's Close 1805-21
Edin Dir
- CAW, George printer Kelso, Hawick and Edinburgh
Kelso 1782
Hawick 'From Kelso. Printing Office East end of the town'
1783
Hawick 1783-7
Lawnmarket, Edinburgh 1788
Libberton's Wynd, Edinburgh 1790-1810
30 Libberton's Wynd 1811-16
George Caw & Henry Elder Stamp Office Close 1817-21
Lyon's Close High Street 1822
George Caw published The Poetical Museum at Hawick in
1784 and Caw & Elder published The Edinburgh Juvenile
Library, a series of children's chapbooks. they also printed
for Ross's Juvenile Library, and published popular
abridgements of books with Alexander Peat, all three series being
twopence a title.
NLS Impr Ind; Chapbook Printers
- CAW, James printer Edinburgh
297 High Street New Dir 1824
Edin Dir
- CAW, John stationer and pharmacist Edinburgh
Front of the Exchange 1785
First door first turnpike within Lady Stair's Close Lawnmarket
1785-89
warehouseman to Messrs Stewart, Ruthven & Co printers
1792
John Caw bookseller or bookbinder married Cecilia daughter of the
deceased John Finney miller at the Water of Leith 21 April 1779.
Witness in the trial for treason of James Tytler 1792 (Indictment
NLS LC1133(9).
Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; EdinMarr
- CAY & BLACK advertising and newspaper agents
Edinburgh
45 George Street 1848-56
65A George Street 1857-72
Edin Dir
- CHALMERS & SON carvers, gilders and picture
cleaners Edinburgh
45 Princes Street 1830
and printsellers 42 Princes Street 1835
Thomas and William given with house addresses 1830-35.
Edin Dir
- CHALMERS [Charles] & COLLINS [William] bookseller
Glasgow
68 Wilson-street 1820-22
14 Wilson Street 1823
15 & 63 Wilson Street 1825
Charles Chalmers and William Collins of Chalmers & Collins
Wilson Street both Burgess and Guild Brother by purchase 24 June
1823.
Glas Dir; Pigot 1820; 1825; GlasBurg
- CHALMERS, Andrew bookseller Edinburgh
In the Parliament Close 1688-91
Burgess and Guild Brother as apprentice to deceased Gideon Schaw
stationer 22 February 1689; in June 1688 he had 221 copies of the
Irish Psalm Book EBS.vi p.8. Apprentices: Thomas Carruthers 12
March 1690; John Porteous 11 November 1691 [as stationers].
Aldis 1904; EdinBurg; EdinPren
- CHALMERS, Charles publisher Edinburgh
6 Hope Park 1827
3 Park Place 1828-29
Charles Chalmers Esq no trade same address 1830-32
Edin Dir
- CHALMERS, David & Co, newspaper printer and
printer Aberdeen
Aberdeen Journal Office 1810-12
Adelphi Court 1813-20
24 Adelphi Court Union Street 1824-25
25 Adelphi Court, Union Street 1835
Aberdeen 1836-54
David Chalmers was the grandson of James Chalmers, the founder of
the Aberdeen Journal.
Beavan; Pigot 1820; 1825
- CHALMERS, David and Co. paper makers Slateford
Kate's Mill 1848-88
Redhall Mills 1889-92
Edin Dir; Slater 1852
- CHALMERS, James 1 newspaper printer, printer and
bookseller Aberdeen
Aberdeen 1736-64
Son of James Chalmers, Professor of Divinity in Marischal College
Aberdeen. Served his apprenticeship to James Nichol of Aberdeen and
afterwards went to London. Printer to the Town and University
1736-63; Printer of the Aberdeen Journal. Died 25 August
1764 Edinburgh Museum August 1764. Father of James
Chalmers 2.. Apprentices: Robert Forbes, son of John Forbes,
apprenticed to James Chalmers printer Aberdeen 1740; Thomas Archer,
son of David Archer deceased, apprenticed to James Chalmers printer
Aberdeen 1741; Francis Mowatt apprenticed to James Chalmers printer
Aberdeen 1751; George Ogilvie apprenticed to James Chalmers printer
Aberdeen 1761; John Lumsden apprenticed to James Chalmers printer
Aberdeen 1763; John Mence apprenticed to James Chalmers printer
Aberdeen 1763; Thomas Brand apprenticed to James Chalmers printer
Aberdeen 1763
Aberdeen Printers; NLS Impr Ind; Maxted
- CHALMERS, James 2 printer and bookseller
Aberdeen
James Chalmers Castle Street 1764-1771
James Chalmers & Co same address 1771-1810
printing-office over the Fleshmarket Gate, back of the
New Inn 1783
James Chalmers 2 (1742-1810) was the son of James Chalmers
(d.1764). In his 1783 edition of The ABC, with the Shorter
Catechism a note following the imprint states 'Great variety
of Story-books, ballads, Mother's Catechisms, Larger Catechisms,
proverbs etc. sold at J. Chalmer's printing-office over the
Fleshmarket Gate, back of the New Inn', and there is a volume of
chapbooks of his printing in the Lauriston Castle Collection in the
National Library of Scotland. He carried on a pamphlet war with
George Forbes, advocate of Dundee in 1786. From 1803-07 in
partnership with his son-in-law Alexander Brown, he owned a
papermill, at Craigbeg, Ferryhill. He died 17 June 1810.
Apprentice: Joseph Cavendish apprenticed to James Chalmers & Co
printers Aberdeen 1 July 1770
W. R. Macdonald. The hero as printer. Aberdeen University
Library, 1976; Timperley; Chapbook Printers; Thomson;
Maxted
- CHALMERS, James bookseller Dundee
William Chalmers Head of Castle Street 1798-1805
James Chalmers same address 1805-19
and printer 4 Castle-street, 1820-25
printer, bookseller and ink maker 4 and 5 Castle Street.
House above Printing Office 7 and Ink Manufactory 4 New Inn Entry
1829
and lithographer 4 Castle Street printing office in
Thom's Close 1834
bookseller, stationer and printer 10 Castle Street
1840-55
Charles D. Chambers 10 Castle Street and 79 High Street
1856-59
10 Castle Street 1860-69
[Charles D.] Chalmers and [James] Winter 8 & 10 Castle Street
1870-73
William Chalmers died in 1809. James was William's brother. He was
admitted a burgess of Dundee in 1809. James Chalmers died 26 August
1853 and was succeeded by his son Charles D. Chalmers, but the
firm's title did not change until 1856. It has been claimed that
James Chalmers invented the adhesive postage stamp.
Millar; Dundee 1818; 1824; 1829; 1846; Pigot 1820; 1825;
Dundee Delin 1822; Schenck
- CHALMERS, James bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1460
Mitchell; Exchequer Rolls of Scotland vi,581; J. H.
Stevenson. 'The fifteenth-century Scots Binding of the Haye
Manuscript'. Publications of the Edinburgh Bibliographical
Society vi 81 (1901-4).
- CHALMERS, James bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1606
Married Mawse Rutherfurde 6 February 1606.
EdinMarr
- CHALMERS, John bookseller and stationer Glasgow
135 Cambridge Street 1849
Glas Dir
- CHALMERS, Laurence printer Dundee and Edinburgh
David Ogilvie and Laurence Chalmers Kirk Wynd 1770
Laurence Chalmers same address 1770-5
Chalmer's Close, Edinburgh 1777-83
NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir
- CHALMERS, Robert bookseller, bookbinder and stationer
Aberdeen
Narrow Wynd 1764-66
Broadgate 1767
Aberdeen 1768-87
Beavan
- CHALMERS, Robert bookseller Edinburgh See
CHAMBERS, Robert
- CHALMERS, William bookseller Dumfries
Dumfries 1784-94
Perhaps the 'Mr Chalmers' who carried on a papermill at Dumfries
from 1812. The mill belonged to John Carruthers from 1820-23.
NLS Impr Ind
- CHALMERS, William bookseller and bookbinder
Dundee
Head of Castle Street 1798-1805
James Chalmers same address 1805-55
Charles D. Chalmers 1856-72
Chalmers & Winter 1870-73
Died 1809. James was William's brother, and Charles was James's
son.
NLS Impr Ind; Millar
- CHALMERS, William & Son carvers, gilders and picture
cleaners Edinburgh
William Chalmers Alison's Close 1799-1803
Back Stairs 1804-10
High Street 1811
243 High Street 1812
270 Canongate 1813-14
118 High Street 1815-19
William Chalmer & Son 11 Waterloo Place 1820
115 & 153 High Street 1821-22
118 & 153 High Street 1823-25
118 High Street 1826-28
45 Princes Street 1829-31
42 Princes Street 1832-33
and printsellers 42 Princes Street 1834-35
carvers gilders and picture cleaners 16 West Register
Street 1836
Chalmers & Son 20 West Register Street 1837
Thomas and William given with house addresses 1830-35.
Edin Dir
- CHALMERS, William bookseller Edinburgh See
CHAMBERS, William
- CHALMERS, William bookbinder and stationer
Glasgow
27 Shuttle Street 1835
'Chambers' in trade section Glas Dir 1835.
Glas Dir
- CHAMBERS, Andrew stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1683-93
Son to James Chambers of Dam apprenticed to Gedeon Shaw stationer
20 June 1683. Buried in Greyfriars Churchyard 27 November
1693.
EdinPren; GreyBuri
- CHAMBERS, David bookseller and publisher Glasgow
William & Robert Chambers 98 Miller Street 1844-47
David Chambers same address 1847
Glas Dir
- CHAMBERS, David N. publisher Glasgow
20 Argyll Street
Glas Dir
- CHAMBERS, James printer and bookseller Dundee
Dundee 1798
High Street 1799-1800
Chalmers, Ray & Co 1804
alone Head of Castle Street 1805-53
Printer to 1805. Took over brother William's bookselling business
1805. Continued printing as well. Died 1853.
NLS Impr Ind
- CHAMBERS, James bookseller and circulating library
Edinburgh
4 India Place 1828
stationer and circulating library same address
1829-30
Robert and James Chalmers same address 1831
48 Hanover Street 1832-34
James Chambers circulating library same address
1835-39
Son of James Chambers, draper, Peebles and Jean Gibson, born about
1804. He was the yunger brother of William and Robert Chambers.
Assisted William Chambers to print off the copies of The
Kaleidoscope, or Edinburgh Literary Amusement in 1821. He died in
February 1833. The firm placed a printed advertisement (new rules
for lending books) as R. & J. Chambers in Gray's Dir
1836.
Edin Dir
- CHAMBERS [CHALMERS], Robert bookseller and stationer
Edinburgh
Robert Chalmers Giles' Buildings, Leith Walk 1819-20
Ronaldson's Buildings, Leith Walk 1821
Robert Chambers 32 Leith Walk 1822
stationer and librarian 4 India Place, Royal Circus
1823-26
bookseller and circulating library 48 Hanover Street
1827-30
Robert and James Chambers same address 1831
William & Robert Chambers booksellers and publishers
19 Waterloo Place 1832-40
printing office Roxburgh Close 1835-40
339 High Street 1841-20th Century
The son of James Chalmers and Jean Gibson. Robert Chalmers was
born at Peebles 10 July 1802. When his father went bankrupt and
moved to Edinburgh, Robert lodged in the West Port with his elder
brother William, who suggested that he follow his example and open
a book shop. This he did with a stall in Leith Walk. Died at St
Andrews 17 March 1871. There is a Catalogue of Robert Chambers
Circulating Library. Edinburgh, 1829 in the National Library of
Scotland, and a printed advertisement for R. & J. Chambers
Circulating Library in Gray's Directory 1832. His private library
was sold at auction by Colston & Sons of Edinburgh on 5 May
1873. The National Library of Scotland has a priced copy of the
Catalogue.
Edin Dir; William Chambers. Memoir of William and
Robert Chambers. 12th ed. Edinburgh and London, 1883; C. H.
Layman. Man of letters. The early life and love letters of
Robert Chambers. Edinburgh, 1990.
- CHAMBERS [CHALMERS], William bookseller
Edinburgh
Giles' Buildings, Leith Walk 1819-21
5 and 6 Giles Buildings 1822
Broughton 1823
stationer and printer 23 Broughton Street 1824
bookseller stationer and circulating library same address
1825-29
47 Broughton Street 1830-32
William & Robert Chambers booksellers and publishers
19 Waterloo Place 1832-40
printing office Roxburgh Close 1835-40
339 High Street 1841-20th Century
Son of James Chambers, a commission agent in the weaving trade,
and afterwards a draper, and Jean Gibson. William was born at
Peebles 16 April 1800; his brother Robert in 1802, and James in
1807. In 1814 he was apprenticed to a bookseller called Sutherland.
In May 1819, he finished his apprenticeship and opened a stall in
Leith Walk. He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1865-69. He married
but all his children predeceased him. Edin Dir; William
Chambers. Memoir of William and Robert Chambers. 12th ed.
Edinburgh and London, 1883; William Chambers. Memories of the
Chambers Brothers. Edinburgh, 1967; Sheila A. Scott.
William Chambers of Glenormiston. Biggar, 1997.
- CHAMBERS, William & Robert booksellers and
publishers Edinburgh
19 Waterloo Place 1832-40
printing office Roxburgh Close 1835-40
339 High Street 1841-20th Century
& 48 North Hanover Street Pigot 1837.
Edin Dir; Pigot 1837; William Chambers. Memoir of
William and Robert Chambers. 12th ed. Edinburgh and London,
1883.
- CHAMBERS, William and Robert booksellers and
publishers Glasgow
98 Miller Street 1844-47
Glas Dir
- CHAPMAN [Robert] & DUNCAN [Alexander] printers of the
Glasgow Mercury Glasgow
A. Duncan & Co. 1767-74
Robert Chapman & Alexander Duncan 1775-77
M'Nair's Land Trongate 1778-90
Alexander Duncan & Robert Chapman 1790-3
Robert Chapman Glasgow 1797-8
Robert Chapman printer and bookseller Burgess and Guild Brother as
serving apprentice with deceased Robert Foulis barber 12 April
1777. Robert Chapman died 28 June 1788. Succeeded in the business
by his nephew another Robert.
NLS Impr Ind; Glas Dir; Pigot 1820
- CHAPMAN, Alexander and Company printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1791-92
Within foot of Fleshmarket Close 1793-94
Fishmarket Close 1794
& Co same address 1796-97
Forrester's Wynd 1799-1806
Witness in the trial for sedition of William Stewart and John
Elder 1792. 'Printers and publishers of the British Almanack'
Denovan's 1804
Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; Williamson 1794
- CHAPMAN, Charles paper and rag merchant Glasgow
8 Washington Street 1849
Glas Dir
- CHAPMAN, John Almanack publisher Edinburgh
3rd storey Bailie Cleghorn's Land opposite to the Bughts South
side Grass Mercat 1754
Widow same address 1755-63
NLS Impr Ind
- CHAPMAN, John, junior Almanack publisher
Edinburgh
4th storey of Cleghorn's Land Grassmarket 1765
1st storey Shoemaker's Land Alison's Square 1769
NLS Impr Ind
- CHAPMAN, Robert printer and newspaper printer
Glasgow
A. Duncan & Co. 1767-74
Robert Chapman & Alexander Duncan 1775-77
M'Nair's Land Trongate 1778-88
Robert Chapman printer and bookseller Burgess and Guild Brother as
serving apprentice with deceased Robert Foulis barber 12 April
1777. Robert Chapman died 28 June 1788. Succeeded in the business
by his nephew another Robert.
NLS Impr Ind; GlasBurg
- CHAPMAN, Robert printer and newspaper printer
Glasgow
Robert Chapman & Alexander Duncan 1788-90
A. Duncan & Robert Chapman 1790-3
Robert Chapman 1797-8
Chapman & Lang 1799-1822
101 Trongate 1820
Son of James Chapman, he succeeded his uncle Robert (d.1788);
publisher of the Glasgow Mercury 1788-; married Elizabeth Rachel
Porter 23 December 1789. Retired 1822. Died 1838.
NLS Impr Ind; Pigot 1820
- CHAPMAN, Robert printer Glasgow
lodgings Duncan's Land, West side High Street 1787
Glas Dir
- CHAPMAN, Robert printer Glasgow
101 Candleriggs 1809-20
Glas Dir
- CHAPMAN, Widow Almanack publisher Edinburgh
4th storey of Cleghorn's Land Grassmarket 1755-1764
Widow of John Chapman. She was succeeded in the business by John
Chapman junior. NLS Impr Ind
- CHARLES, G. bookseller Hamilton
Hamilton 1799-1800
NLS Impr Ind
- CHARLES, George bookseller Alloa
Alloa 1817-20
Mary Charles bookseller and librarian New Market Street
1825
Published his own History of the Transactions in Scotland in
the years 1715-16 and 1745-46. 2 vols. Stirling: printed for
George Charles, Bookseller Alloa, by J. Fraser and Co, 1817.
Local Notes and Queries reprinted from The Stirling
Observer. Stirling, 1886. 29-30; Pigot 1820;
1825
- CHARLES, Mary bookseller Alloa
George Charles Alloa 1817-20
Mary Charles bookseller and librarian New Market Street
1825
Local Notes and Queries reprinted from The Stirling
Observer. Stirling, 1886. 29-30; Pigot 1820;
1825
- CHARLES, William printseller Edinburgh
6 North Bridge 1805
Admitted to Sanctuary for debt at Holyroodhouse 6 May 1806.
Edin Dir; Cadell
- CHARLES, William paper and rag warehouse Glasgow
49 High Street 1835
Glas Dir
- CHARTERIS [CHARTERHOUS], Henry printer and bookseller
Edinburgh
His buith on the north syde of the gait abone the Throne [i.e.
High Street North side above the Tron] 1568-71
Edinburgh 1572-99
In the preface to his edition of Sir David Lindsay's Works (1568)
he claims to be descended from the family of Charteris of Kinfauns.
A Burgess. Books printed for him 1568-80. Will registered of
Katherine Ker sometime spouse to Henry Charteris, burgess in
Edinburgh 18 December 1577. Acquired Ross's press 1580/1. He bought
books from Plantin in Antwerp, together with Robert Smyth and
Thomas Vautrollier. The inventory of the will of Catherine Norvell,
wife of Robert Smyth and widow of Thomas Bassandyne 2 June 1596
shows him as owing her money. He was a member of the Town Council
of Edinburgh 1574 to 1590 and was a Bailie in 1577-78; 1581-82; and
First Bailie in 1589-90. His children were Henry, who became
Principal of Edinburgh University, Robert who succeeded to the
press [The Bannantyne Press article describes him as brother rather
than son of Henry, but Dickson and Edmond say son], John, Thomas,
Marioun and Margaret. He died 29 August 1599. Will registered 16
September 1606. Inventory Bann.Misc.ii.223. DE.348. EBS.i.15.
P.C.Reg.ix.451. Device Justitia Religio and the initials H C.
Aldis 1904; Dickson & Edmond 348-376; STC; EdinTest;
'The Preface by Henry Charteris to his edition of Henry's Wallace,
printed at Edinburgh 1594' The Ballanytne Miscellany
Vol.III 157-176 (1855); Colin Clair. 'Christopher Plantin's
trade connexions with England and Scotland.' Library 3rd
series xiv,43-5 (1959)
- CHARTERIS, Heirs of Henry printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1601
Appears in imprints of three items printed in 1601. One printed in
Dort by Isaac Canin. Possibly a mask for the activities of Bonham
and John Norton in London. For an order of 30 June 1601 requiring
the Stationers Company to investigate the charges of Robert Barker
that the two Nortons had connived with Andro Hart to have English
Bibles and metrical Psalms printed at Dordrecht see Acts of the
Privy Council [England], 1601-1604, 14-15.
Aldis 1904; STC
- CHARTERIS, Robert printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1596-1599
North side of Street fernent the Salt Trone 1600-1
His buith West side of Auld Provosts closehead North side of Gate
lytill above Salt-trone 1602-3
King's Printer in Scotland Edinburgh 1596-1610
Son and successor of Henry Charters. Burgess: Describes himself as
King's Printer from 1596. Married Margaret Wallace in the Kirk of
Holyroodhouse 26 January 1602. She died 1 February 1603. Will
registered of Margaret Wallace sometime spouse to Mr Robert
Charterus 31 March 1603. Appointed King's Printer 8 December 1603.
Put to the horn for debt Aug 1609. Robert Charteris died about
1610. Finlason was appointed King's Printer in his place Aug 1612.
Inventory of wife Margaret Wallace Bann.Misc.ii.235. Succeeded by
Andro Hart. DE.490 EBS.i.15. Apprentices: William Mathie 12 October
1602; James Storie 27 March 1605.
Aldis 1904; STC; CanonMarr; EdinTest; DE.490; EBS.i.15;
EdinPren
- CHARTERIS, Heirs of Robert printer Edinburgh
'Printed at Edenborough in Scotland 1628 By the Heyres of Robert
Charteris'
Imprint of Peter Smart. The vanity of popish ceremonies
[probably printed in London].
Aldis 1904
- CHEPMAN, David bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1526-41
Son and heir of Walter Chepman merchant and Agnes Cockburne. On 2
April 1529 his mother delivered to him his father's goods, moveable
and heritable.In March 1539 Kings Treasurer paid him ten shillings
Scots for binding and laying about with gold the queens matin buke.
"This may be the David Chepman, burgess, mentioned in a charter of
6th January 1540-41, though his name does not appear on the
surviving Burgess Roll.
Aldis 1904; Mitchell; Book of the Old Edinburgh Club
iii,97
- CHEPMAN, Walter printer Edinburgh
In the Southgait (Cowgate) at the foot of Blackfriars Wynd
1507-08
Edinburgh 1809-10
A Merchant Burgess of Edinburgh. Had dealings with Andrew
Halyburton in 1494 (Ledger of Andrew Halyburton p.11) and appears
regularly in the records after that. In 1508 he set up first
printing press in Scotland with Androw Myllar under Letters patent
granted by James IV 15 Sept 1507. The patent specifies that they
are to print mass books of the Aberdeen use in consultation with
William Elpinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen. Chepman seems to have been
the business partner and Andro Myllar the practical printer. They
printed at Edinburgh from 1508-10. When Chapmen and Myllar were
about to issue the the Aberdeen Breviary, Chepman laid a complaint
before the Privy Council against certain Edinburgh merchants who
were importing service books of Salisbury use 14 January 1510. On
14 January, the Privy Council summoned and admonished William and
Francis Frost, William Sym and Andro Ross and ordered them to
import no more Salisbury service books. In 1514 and 1515 Walter
Chepman was Dean of Guild of Edinburgh. His first wife was Margaret
Kerkettle, who died before 1506, and his second Agnes Cockburne who
survived him. Will registered of Agnes Cockburne Relict of Walter
Chapman, burgess of Edinburgh 24 July 1565. David Chepman,
bookbinder was the son of Walter Chepman and Agnes Cockburne.
Walter Chepman died between 16 September 1528, when he endowed a
mortuary chapel in the lower part of the cemetry of St Giles and 2
April 1529 when his widow delivered all his goods to his son
David.
Aldis 1904; Dickson & Edmond ; EdinTest; The Chepman and
Myllar Prints: nine tracts from the first Scottish press, Edinburgh
1508. A facsimile with a bibliographical note by William Beattie.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 1950.
- CHESSER [CHASSAR, CHESSAR], William printer
Aberdeen
21 St Andrew's Street 1834
Aberdeen 1835-38
Of Anderson & Co 1836; of Leith & Co 1838. With Robert
Edward and John Anderson printed and published the Aberdeen
Pirate and Aberdeen Shaver. Libel case Aberdeen
Journal 27 September 1837.
Beavan
- CHEYNE, Alexander merchant and bookseller
Aberdeen
Narrow-wynd 1764
Sold copies of Ken, Thomas. The retired Christian. 8th
ed. Aberdeen. 1764. May have been in partnership with George
Fowler.
NLS Impr Ind; Beavan
- CHEYNE, Ninian Richard bookseller Edinburgh
Parliament Close 1786
1 St Andrew's St 1786
4 St Andrew's St 1788-97
8 South St Andrew's St 1799-1800
Ninian Richard Cheyne and P. G. Buchanan same address 1801-3
4 St Andrew's Street 1804-06
Buchanan alone 1807-21
N.R. Cheyne [house] Meadow Place 1809-10
[house] 2 Meadow Place 1811-12
[house] 7 Meadow Place 1813-15
[house] 20 St John Street 1816-17
late bookseller same address 1818-20
30 London Road 1821
Third son of George Cheyne Episcopal Minister of Stirling. Member
of the Edinburgh Bookseller's Society 27 April 1791. Burgess of
Edinburgh 1797. He married Miss Jean daughter of James Auchinleck
of Oxenden 25 April 1794. Apprentice: John Robertson, Burgess 6
April 1816.
Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; EdinMarr; EdinPren; Sher. Edinburgh
Booksellers
- CHEYNE, Stewart [Stuart] bookseller and stationer
Edinburgh
16 George's Street South side 1793
stationer 16 Thistle Street 1794
16 George Street 1794-95
22 George Street South side 1796-98
bookseller and stationer same address 1799-1810
48 George Street 1811-12
S. Cheyne late bookseller 10 Union Street 1821
19 Union Street 1822
Married Miss Mary daughter of Alexander Stephens 1 November
1799.
Edin Dir; Williamson 1794; EdinMarr
- CHEYNE, William printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1731
At the foot of Craig's Close 1732-49
Burgess 24 Nov 1731 right of his father John Cheyne, chirurgeon.
Died 27 September 1754 Edinburgh Evening Courant 30
September 1754.
NLS Impr Ind
- CHURNSIDE [CHIRNSIDE], Thomas printer and pharmacist
Edinburgh
At Mr Flemings Shop at the Cross 1773
Churnside & Wilson Royal Bank Close 1776-80
Thomas Churnside Crighton's Street [house?] 1778-80
In 1783 he was a haberdasher and tea dealer, and in July of that
year he was bankrupt and eloped.
NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir
- CHISHOLM, Daniel bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1745-60
Given as the seller of a number of works by John Glas at the end
of John Glas. A view of the heresy of Aerius. Edinburgh,
1745
NLS Impr Ind
- CHISHOLM, John bookseller and stationer
Edinburgh
27 Elder Street 1830-35
32 West Register Street 1836-40
12 South St Andrew Street 1841-50
The National Library of Scotland has A Catalogue of Old Books
chiefly theological on sale at fixed prices by John Chisholm.
Edinburgh, 1830.
Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
- CHISHOLM, Robert engraver Edinburgh
Near the Cross 1786
At the Cross 1788
Edin Dir
- CHRISTIAN NEWS newspaper office Glasgow
Glasgow 1846-48
142 Trongate and Brunswick Lane 1849
Glasgow 1850-Twentieth Century
Glas Dir; Newsplan Scotland
- CHRISTIE, A. lithographic printer Edinburgh
4 Montgomery Street 1838
Edin Dir
- CHRISTIE, Alexander bookbinder Edinburgh
Canongate 1786
Married Margrate Manson daughter of the deceased James Manson 20
June 1786.
CanonMarr
- CHRISTIE, Alexander second-hand bookseller
Edinburgh
hairdresser 105 Nicolson Street 1840
111 Nicolson Street 1841-42
second hand bookseller same address 1843-52
97 Nicolson Street 1853-74
Edin Dir
- CHRYSTIE, George bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1619
Burgess durante vita by Act of Council not in Burgess Roll 19
March 1619.
EdinBurg
- CHRISTY, Henry apprentice stationer Stirling
Stirling 1721
Henry Christy, son of James Christy deceased, apprenticed to John
Hyndshaw stationer Stirling 1721.
Maxted
- CHRISTIE, John bookseller Dysart
Dysart 1852
Slater 1852
- CHRISTIE, Peter engraver and copperplate printer
Edinburgh
18 Canal Street 1829-30
45 Princes Street 1831
106 High Street 1832
5 North Bridge 1833
Edin Dir
- CHRISTIE, Peter engraver Edinburgh
20 Bank Street 1842-44
engraver, printer and lithographer 8 North Bridge
1845-52
102 South Bridge 1853
5 Drummond Street 1854
5 Roxburgh Place 1855-58
NB North Bridge in trade index 1845 and lithographer 1846. 8
Nicolson Square in General Directory and Street Index
1848-49.
Edin Dir
- CHRISTIE, Thomas bookseller Huntly
The Square 1852
Slater 1852
- CHRISTIE, W.W. wood engraver Edinburgh
501 Lawnmarket 1830-31
Edin Dir
- CHRISTIE, William bookbinder Edinburgh
Back Stairs 1773
New Stairs 1774-82
Head of New Stairs 1784
Head of Back Stairs 1786-99
Edin Dir
- CHRISTIE, William printer Edinburgh
23 East M'Dowall Street 1842-43
3 West Arthur Place 1844
no trade same address 1845
printer same address 1846
no trade same address 1847
Edin Dir
- CHRISTIE, William printer Edinburgh
117 High Street 1848-49
Names to late for insertion in their proper places Edin
Dir1848.
Edin Dir
- CHRONICLE [EDINBURGH WEEKLY] OFFICE newspaper office
Edinburgh
Parliament Stairs 210 High Street (printer Robert Hardie)
1819-24
297 High Street 1825-28
1 West Register Street and 10 Princes Street 1829
Chronicle (Weekly) 10 Princes Street 1830
78 Princes Street 1831-32
19 James Square 1833
54 North Bridge 1834-36
37 North Bridge 1837-40
241 High Street 1841-42
Chronicle & Pilot Office same address 1843-44
Edinburgh Chronicle same address 1845
2 Hunter Square 1846-47
10 Princes Street in the list of Edinburgh Newspapers 1829-31, 1
West Register Street in main sequence 1829.
Edin Dir
- CHRONICLE OFFICE newspaper office Glasgow
Reid's Court, 56 Trongate, and 28 Nelson Street 1828
Reid's Court, 56 Trongate 1835
75 Argyll Street 1840-44
15 Turner's Court, 87 Argyll Street 1847-49
Glas Dir
- CHRYSTAL, Robert printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1794
Married Jacobina daughter of William Marshall tailor 20 September
1794.
EdinMarr
- CHURNSIDE [CHIRNSIDE], Thomas printer and pharmacist
Edinburgh
At Mr Flemings Shop at the Cross 1773
Churnside & Wilson Royal Bank Close 1776-80
Thomas Churnside Crighton's Street [house?] 1778-80
In 1783 he was a haberdasher and tea dealer, and in July of that
year he was bankrupt and eloped.
NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir
- CIRCULATING LIBRARY Edinburgh
1 William Street 1840-45
Edin Dir
- CITIZEN newpaper office Glasgow
22 St Enoch Square 1847-49
Glas Dir
- CITY ENGRAVING AND PRINTING CO engravers
Edinburgh
533 Castle Hill 1841-42
Edin Dir
- CLACHER, David bookbinder Glasgow
8 East Clyde Street 1835
Glas Dir
CLACKMANNANSHIRE LIBRARY subscription library Alloa
Alloa 1797-1860
Founded in 1797, the librarian was William Brodie. In 1840 it had
1,500 volumes but by 1860 only 1,000 could be found. It was wound
up on 20 October 1860.
John Lothian Extinct Clackmannanshire Societies. Alloa,
1875.
- CLAPPERTON, James bookbinder Edinburgh
Luckenbooths 1784
Edinburgh 1785
Supplement to Edin Dir 1784. Married Isobel daughter of deceased
John Young, merchant in Perth 25 March 1785.
Edin Dir; EdinMarr
- CLARK & SANGSTER booksellers Peterhead
Broad-street 1820
Pigot 1820
- CLARK, A. stationer Aberdeen
16 Gallowgate 1837
Beavan
- CLARK, A. bookseller Peterhead
Peterhead 1814
Sold copies of Peter Buchan's The Recreation of Leisure
Hours. Edinburgh, 1814.
- CLARK, Alexander bookseller Aberdeen
179 Union Street 1836
3 South Silver Street 1837
Beavan
- CLARK, Alexander bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1782
Married Hennereta daughter of Thomas Annan 4 March 1782.
EdinMarr
- CLARK, Alexander engraver Edinburgh
10 Leopold Place 1841-43
Edin Dir
- CLARK, Alexander bookbinder Glasgow
3 King Street 1823-25
Pigot 1825; Glas Dir
- CLARK, Alexander bookbinder and paper ruler
Glasgow
5 King Street 1835
56 Bell Street 1840
Glas Dir
- CLARK, Rev. Alexander newspaper editor Inverness
Inverness Herald 1836-37
Minister of the Second Charge at Inverness and first editor of
The Inverness Herald which appeared on 15 December 1836.
He soon passed the editorship to the Rev. Simon Fraser a
probationer of the Church of Scotland. The paper was strongly
Conservative and ultra protestant.
Cowan; John Noble. Bibliography of Inverness Newspapers and
Periodicals. Stirling, 1903.
- CLARK, Alexander bookseller & printer, librarian and
newspaper publisher Stonehaven
Allardice Street 1852
Librarian of the Literary Society's Library & publisher of
The Stonehaven Journal
Slater 1852
- CLARK, D bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1794
Magna Charta. with its history ... was printed for J.
Denoon and D. Clark in 1794.
NLS Impr Ind
- CLARK, David book deliverer Aberdeen
117 Hadden Street, Woodside 1841-42
Beavan
- CLARK, George printer Edinburgh
26 South Richmond Street 1834-37
Gray 1834; 1835; 1836; 1837
- CLARK, George bookseller and circulating library
Peterhead
Peterhead 1805
Branch of George Clarke of Aberdeen.
Beavan
- CLARK, J. printer Edinburgh
56 Merchants-court 1820
Edin Dir; Pigot 1820
- CLARK, James engraver to His Majesty's Mint
Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1681-1719
Married Katherine Cave. Probably engraved the portraits in
Murray's Acts 1681 and engraving of burning bush in
Acts of General Assembly 1690. Will registered 9 January
1719.
Bush.2; EdinTest; Johnst3
- CLARK, James mill furnisher and papermaker
Glasgow
53 Wilson Street 1840
Glas Dir
- CLARK, John printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1780
Married Isobell daughter of Walter Freeman watchmaker Hawick 25
September 1780.
EdinMarr
- CLARK, John engraver Edinburgh
Opposite the Tolbooth 1773-74
Edinburgh 1785
Married Jean daughter of deceased Andrew Ross upholsterer 28
November 1785. He published Works of the Caledonian Bards.
Edinburgh, 1778, and An Answer to Mr Shaw's Inquiry into the
Authenticity of the Works of Ossian. Edinburgh, 1781. He
reported for the Board of Agriculture on the state of agriculture
in the Counties of Brecknock, Radnor and Hereford. The three
reports were all published in 1794. He also wrote The Nature
and Value of Leasehold Property which was published in 1808.
'Died 11 March 1807 at Pembroke, South Wales, Mr John Clark. land
surveyor, formerly engraver in Edinburgh, and known about thirty
years ago, by the name of the Caledonian Bard'
EdinDir; EdinMarr; DNB; Scots Magazine March 1807;
Johnst3
- CLARK, John printer Edinburgh
3 Richmond Street 1807-10
8 Richmond Place 1811
20 West Richmond Street 1812-14
Letter to him (1815) in National Library of Scotland MS 789
Edin Dir
- CLARK [CLARKE], John printer Edinburgh
Cowgate 1810-11
56 Cowgate 1812-18
56 Merchant Court 1819
John Clark of Messrs Stevenson [Duncan] and Company printers
[Parliament Stairs] 18 Canal Street 1820
'James' 1812.
Edin Dir
- CLARK, John bookseller or printer Edinburgh
of Mundell & Co [i.e. Mundell, Doig and Stevenson's]
Parliament Stairs 1812-14
Edin Dir
- CLARK, John printer Glasgow
Argus Office, 25 Queen Street 1835
24 Queen Street 1840
25 Queen Street 1844-47
'Clarke' in trade indexes of Glas Dir (not 1844). 'Argus
Office' in Trade index 1844.
Glas Dir
- CLARK, John printer Tain
High Street 1852
Slater 1852
- CLARK, Leslie printer Aberdeen
2 Guest Row 1839
'late bookseller' 5 Long Acre 1840
Beavan
- CLARK, R. & R. printer Edinburgh
Robert ClarkHanover Street 1844-1846
57 Hanover Street 1847-50
42 Hanover Street 1851
R. & R. Clark same address 1851-64
Robert Clark same address 1865-72
R. & R. Clark same address 1873-20th Century
The account in Clark's of Edinburgh begins'Robert Clark,
son of a Montrose solicitor, who started work in a law printer's
office in Edinburgh at the age of 13, began it all. When he was 21
he took the plunge, borrowed £200, and moved into a workshop at No
13 George Street...in November 1846...The business grew until more
commodious premises had to be taken over at 42 Hanover Street.'
This does not tally with the facts as given in the contemporary
Edinburgh Directories.
Edin Dir 1850; Schenck; "Clark's of Edinburgh" Centenary of
famous printing house. Edinburgh, 1946. Reprinted from The
Scotsman, November 25, 1946.
- CLARK, Robert engraver and copperplate printer
Edinburgh
2 Terrace 1829-30
50 Leith Street 1831
64 Leith Street 1832-40
and lithographic printer 14 Clyde Street 1841-42
8 South St Andrew Street 1843-57
10 South Hanover Street 1858-65
15 Elder Street 1866-72
Trade Index of Edin Dir 1850 has Clark, R.S. South St
Andrew Street, probably the S. is a mistake for 8. Died 19 December
1873. There is a volume of specimens and letterheads &c. by
Robert Clark in the National Library of Scotland.
Edin Dir; Pigot 1837; Johnst3