Edinburgh Star - Fergushill, Andrew
- EDINBURGH STAR newspaper office Edinburgh
10 Hunter Square 1824-25
41 St Andrew's Square 1826
The volumes for1808-26 are in the National Library of
Scotland.
Edin Dir
- EDINBURGH SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY
Session House of Rose Street Chapel 1794-1807
South Bridge 1807-23
39 South Bridge 1823-38
4 St Andrew Square 1839
24 George Street 1840
2 St Andrew Square 1841-43
24 George Street 1844-90
25 George Street 1891-20th Century
Under Subscription Library in Edin Dir 1831-37; William
Syme librarian 1794-1819; William Baxter librarian 1820-44; William
T. M'Culloch 1847-48. The National Library of Scotland has a number
of Catalogues of the Edinburgh Subscription Library, notably those
for 1833 and 1846 and continuation volumes of 1866 and 1887. From
these it seems that the library was formed on 11 November 1794. The
collection was kept in the session house of Rose Street Chapel from
1794-1807, when it moved to South Bridge Street.
Edin Dir
- EDINBURGH SUBSCRIPTION MECHANICS' LIBRARY
Strichen's Close 1826-31
Mechanics Subscription Library 6 James Court 1832
7 James Court 1833-46
8 James Court 1847
7 James Court 1848-54
[5] Victoria Terrace 1855-90
22 St Giles Street 1891-92
Established 3 March 1825.Called Edinburgh Subscription Mechanics
Library Edin Dir 1827-30; in trade index Edin Dir
only 1839-40. Later Mechanics Subscription Library. The Laws
and Catalogue. 6th edition are in the National
Library of Scotland, as is the Report of a public entertainment
held in the Waterloo Rooms September 2 by the Edinburgh
Mechanics Library. Edinburgh, 1839.
Edin Dir; Pigot 1825; 1837
- EDINBURGH TIMES newspaper office Edinburgh
405 Lawnmarket 1825
Edin Dir
- EDINBURGH TRACT SOCIETY Edinburgh
13 Queen Street 1836-44
Edin Dir
- EDINBURGH WEEKLY CHRONICLE newspaper Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1810-18
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
Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle & Pilot Office same address
1843-44
Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle same address 1845
2 Hunter Square 1846-47
Volumes for 1801-33 in National Library of Scotland. 10 Princes
Street in the list of Edinburgh Newspapers Edin Dir
1829-31, 1 West Register Street in main sequence 1829.
Edin Dir
- EDINBURGH WEEKLY JOURNAL newspaper Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1756-1811
251 High Street 1812-43
27 Hanover Street 1844-45
30 Hanover Street 1846
2 Hunter Square 1847
Edin Dir
- EDMOND, John bookbinder Aberdeen
John Philip & Co 50 Queen Street 1825
Queen Street 1826-27
46 Queen Street 1828-37
48 Queen Street 1837-39
54 Queen Street 1840-46
John Edmond same address 1847-71
J. and J. P. Edmond & [James Spark] same address 1876-86
Edmond & Spark 1891- Twentieth Century
Apprenticed to John Philip in 1826, freed 1832. John Philip died
in February 1847 and John Edmond. who had been Philip's bookkeeper,
took over the business. Eventually, when John Edmond died in
December 1876, his son John Philip Edmond and James Spark became
partners in the firm.John Philip Edmond died in January 1906.
Edmond & Spark stationers and bookbinders were absorbed into
Aberdeen University Press in 1966.
Beavan; Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837; information from Rosemary
Philip(John Philip's Memorandum Book; Aberdeen Rent
Rolls); William S. Mitchell 'Aberdeen Corner-Square
Bindings' Apollo January 1951.
- EDMONSTONE [EDMONSTON] [Alexander] & DOUGLAS English
and Foreign booksellers Edinburgh
87 Princes Street 1847-58
88 Princes Street 1859-76
Edmonstone & Co same address 1877-79
Edin Dir
- EDMONSTONE, Francis engraver and copperplate printer
Edinburgh
18 North Bridge 1822
134 High Street [Stevenlaws Close] 1824-25
25 North Bridge 1826-37
60 North Bridge 1838-48
F. Edmonstone & Son same address 1849-63
63 North Bridge 1864-75
(1799-1865) Son of Alexander Edmonston and Margaret Chrystal. Born
in Edinburgh 18 June 1799; Burgess in right of father Alexander
Edmonston silversmith 8 July 1825; Guild Brother 18 March 1828.
Lithographer 1849? Died in Edinburgh 21 May 1865. Not in 1823.
'Stevenlaw's Close' New Dir 1824.
Edin Dir; EdinBurg; Pigot 1825; 1837; Schenck; Bush.2;
Johnst3
- EDMONSTONE, James & Co carvers, gilders, printsellers
and stationers Edinburgh
49 Princes Street 1823-24
Edin Dir; Pigot 1825
- EDMONSTON, Patrick bookseller Glasgow
Calton 1772
Richard Rawlin's Christ the righteousness of his people
was printed for him in 1772.
NLS Impr Ind
- EDWARD, Andrew bookbinder and librarian
Stonehaven
Allardice Street 1837-52
and Librarian of the Mechanics Library 1837.
Pigot 1837; Slater 1852
- EDWARD, John & Co booksellers and tea dealers
Aberdeen
Gilcomston 1832
Upper Denburn 1833
30 Blackfriars Street 1837
35 Blackfriars Street 1841
31 St Andrew Street 1844
Aberdeen 1845
Probably closely related to Robert Edward & Co, Robert &
James Edward & Co and William Edward. The separate existence of
these three companies may have more to do with the avoidance of
stamp duty than anything else.
Beavan
- EDWARD, Robert & Co book agents, booksellers, printers
and tea dealers Aberdeen
34 St Nicholas Street 1828
6 Castle Street 1832
near Mackie Place 1833
5 Long Acre 1836
3 Back Wynd 1838
5 Flourmill Brae 1839
Probably closely related to Robert & James Edward & Co,
John Edward & Co and William Edward. The separate existence of
these three companies may have more to do with the avoidance of
stamp duty than anything else.
Beavan
- EDWARD, Robert & James book agents and tea dealers
Aberdeen
Aberdeen 1820-23
Jack's Brae 1824-25
Probably closely related to Robert Edward & Co, John Edward
& Co and William Edward. The separate existence of these three
companies may have more to do with the avoidance of stamp duty than
anything else.
Beavan; Pigot 1825
- EDWARD, William printer Aberdeen
Aberdeen 1838-39
Of R. Edward & Co.
Beavan
- EDWARDS, David bookseller Dundee
33 High Street 1852
Slater 1852
- EDWARDS, Edward historical engraver Edinburgh
13 Nicolson Square 1825
Pigot 1825
- EDWARDS, John engraver Glasgow
9 Main Street, Calton 1823
Glas Dir
- EDWARDS, William engraver Glasgow
Salt Market 1783
Engraved A Collection of Scots Reels Composed by John Riddle
at Ayr [about 1760]
Glas Dir; Bush.2; Cook, Thomas Davidson. Scottish
Notes & Queries, November 1928, 215.;
Johnst3
- EKRON, James merchant and bookseller Hawick
Hawick 1757-84
NLS Impr Ind
- ELDER [John] & OGILVY [OGILIE] booksellers, stationers
and circulating library Edinburgh
John Elder & Co 1 Hope Street, Charlotte Square 1830
Elder & Ogilvy same address 1831-35
1 Shandwick Place 1836-42
John Elder same address 1843-45
5 Meadow Place 1846
139 Princes Street 1847-49
Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
- ELDER, Adam, junior carver, gilder and printseller
Edinburgh
12 Greenside Place 1827-31
61 Princes Street 1832
Edin Dir
- ELDER, Alexander printer Edinburgh
Canongate 1779
Married Jean daughter to James Horn, weaver, Culross 15 January
1779.
CanonMarr
- ELDER, Alexander printer Edinburgh
Anchor Close 1846-59
377 High Street 1860
11 Bank Street 1861-62
Served his apprenticeship as a compositor in the famous printing
office in (old) Paul's Work. and while yet a young man succeeded
his father... Died 16th April 1878 aged 59.
Edin Dir; Obituary in Scottish Typographical Circular 1 May
1878.
- ELDER, Alexander bookseller, stationer, circulating
library Peebles
Peebles ca 1795
and printer Peebles 1820
and librarian High Street 1825
William Chambers says that he went to Peebles some years before he
[Chambers] was born, which was in 1800. To sell Charles Findlater's
Liberty and equality Edinburgh Advertiser 23 May 1800.
'Poor but honest; Will now grant no bills' Brother of Walter Elder,
bookbinder Hawick. Oliver and Boyd Travellers Logbook NLS
Acc.5000/78. He sold shorter catechisms, Bibles, and
chapbooks, and had a good stock of books in his library.
NLS Impr Ind; Pigot 1820; 1825; William Chambers.
Memoir of William and Robert Chambers. 12th ed. Edinburgh
and London, 1883, pp.52-57.; Bell
- ELDER, Helen bookseller Leven
High Street 1837
Pigot 1837
- ELDER, Henry printers clerk Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1793-1811
Daughter Janet married Thomas Gowans stocking maker 26 February
1793. Employed by James Donaldson. 'Died at Edinburgh on 8th
November 1811 Mr Henry Elder, of the Advertiser Office, in the 87th
year of his age'
EdinMarr; Robert T. Skinner. A notable family of
Scots printers. Edinburgh, 1927.
- ELDER, Henry bookseller Edinburgh
George Caw & Henry Elder printers and publishers
Stamp Office Close 1817-21
Lyon's Close, High Street 1822
Henry Elder house - Writers Court 1821-22
9 Greenside Street 1823
3 Clerk Street 1824-26
[James] Winckworth and [Henry] Elder booksellers, stationers,
musicsellers and circulating library 12 South St Andrew Street
1827
35 George Street 1828
Burgess and Guild Brother in right of father John Elder bookseller
16 February 1821
Edin Dir; EdinBurg
- ELDER, John bookseller, bookbinder and stationer
Edinburgh
Middle of the Horsewynd 1786-88
John Watson John Elder & Co 19 & 20 Parliament Close
1791
John Elder 7 North Bridge 1791
9 North Bridge 1792-1801
house 37 North Bridge 1793
Binding Shop and house Parliament Square 1800-02
41 North Bridge 1801-2
Post-House Stairs Parliament Close & Foot New Bank Close
1803-5
Old Post Office Stairs, Parliament Close Denovan's
1804
bookbinder Parliament Square 1805
Burgess in right of father Henry Elder weaver 2 November 1786;
Member of the Edinburgh Bookseller's Society 31 March 1787. Guild
Brother 13 April 1797; Married Elizabeth daughter of William
Cleghorn bookbinder 22 September 1789. Agent for the Cheap
Repository Tracts. Indicted for publishing The declaration of
the rights of man by the National Assembly September 1792.
Apprentice: Joseph Clark 29 November 1789. Menzies Bain and Robert
Elder clerks or shopmen 1792, witnesses in his trial for sedition.
Indictment NLS L.C.1133(5)
NLS Impr Ind; Chapbook Printers; EdinBurg; EdinMarr; Edin Dir;
EdinPren; Sher. Edinburgh Booksellers
- ELDER [John] & Co stationers Edinburgh
John Elder & Co 1 Hope Street, Charlotte Square 1830
Elder & Ogilvy stationers and booksellers same
address 1831-35
1 Shandwick Place 1836-42
John Elder same address 1843-45
139 Princes Street 1846-49
Edin Dir
- ELDER, John newspaper office Edinburgh
6 Shrub Place 1826-31
Pilrig Place 1832
2 Pilrig Place 1833-36
Of the Caledonian Mercury 1826-35.
Edin Dir
- ELDER, John printer Edinburgh
Anchor Close 1831-36
243 High Street [Anchor Close] 1837-44
Printed a slip ballad Alice Grey. Anchor Close is 243
High Street. Gray's Directory for 1833 gives the address
as 245 High Street, probably in error.
Chapbook Printers; Pigot 1837; Edin Dir
- ELDER, John engraver Edinburgh
Anchor Close [243 High Street] 1833-44
'printer' 1835; 1841-44; engraver in trade index 1835.
Edin Dir
- ELDER, John journeyman bookbinder Edinburgh
Queen Street 1835
Preses of the Bookbinders Benefit Society 1835.
Edin Dir
- ELDER, John bookseller and stationer Leven
Leven 1820-25
Helen Elder High Street 1837
Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837
- ELDER, Robert journeyman bookseller Edinburgh
clerk or shopman to John Elder bookseller 1792
Witness in the indictment for sedition of John Elder
Indictment NLS L.C.1133(5)
- ELDER, Walter bookbinder Hawick
Forerow 1820
Fore Row 1825
Howegate 1837
'Bad; A Binder, & Brother to [Alexander] Elder, Peebles'
Oliver and Boyd Travellers Logbook NLS Acc.5000/78
Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837; Bell
- ELGEN, Robert bookseller Forfar
High Street 1837
Pigot 1837
- ELGIN, William bookseller, stationer and circulating
library Edinburgh
of Davidson & Elgin stationers and English and Foreign
Circulating Library 3 North 3 North St Andrew Street
1829-32
William Elgin 13 North St Andrew Street 1833-50
William Elgin & Son same address 1851-53
10 North St Andrew Street 1854
10 and 13 North St Andrew Street 1855-68
wholesale stationers same address 1869-70
10, 12 and 13 North St Andrew Street 1871-90
The son was also William 1854.
Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
- ELLBECK [EELBECK, ELBECK], Archibald seal engraver
Edinburgh
William and Archibald Eelbeck lapidaries and seal engravers West
end of Luckenbooths 1790
Opposite the Cross 1793
Head of Borthwick's Close 1794-1802
Married Ann, daughter of Robert Hay wright 23 November 1795; Died
in Glasgow 7 February 1802.
Edin Dir; EdinMarr; Johnst3
- ELLBECK [EIELBECK; EELBECK; ELBECK], John seal
engraver Edinburgh
Opposite the Old Guard, South Side 1788
31 South Bridge, East Side 1790-97
Mrs John Ellbeck same address 1799-1800
Opposite Gibb's Kirk, Nicolson's Street 1801-02
Edin Dir
- ELLBECK [EELBECK, ELBECK], William seal engraver
Edinburgh
Covenant Close 1790
lapidary Bull Turnpike 1793-97
seal engraver Bull Turnpike 1799-1804
lapidary Bull Turnpike, High Street 1805-10
187 High Street 1811-20
Edin Dir
- ELLIOT printer and bookseller Edinburgh
MacFarquhar and Elliot Anchor Close 1780-2
MacFarquhar is almost certainly Colin. Elliot is perhaps
Charles.
NLS Impr Ind
- ELLIOT, Alexander printer & newspaper publisher
Kelso
Kelso 1844
Bridge Street 1852
Printed A view of some of the transactions of the Border
Agricultural Society by George Jerdan. Kelso, 1844. Publisher
of The Kelso Mail.
Slater 1852
- ELLIOT, Charles bookseller and stationer
Edinburgh
Parliament Close 1771-90
Heirs of Charles Elliot same address 1790
Mrs Charles Elliot George's Street Edin Dir 1790
'A native of Fifeshire, received his education as a bookseller in
Kirkcaldy and was afterwards with Smeaton the bookbinder in
Edinburgh... He succeeded to the business and stock of Mr. William
Sands, who had been a bookseller..., and as a printer, one of the
firm of Sands, Murray and Cochrane.' 'married the daughter of
William Sands' 'established a house in the Strand in London about
1784 or 1785'. Purchased stock of William Sands Edinburgh
Evening Courant 25 May 1771. Burgess and Guild Brother as
apprentice to Alexander Smeiton 8 April 1772. He was sued in 1773
by William Johnston for selling an Edinburgh piracy of Smollett's
Humphry Clinker. James Dodsley of London sued him for
publishing an edition of Chesterfield's Letters printed by
Colin M'Farquar in Edinburgh 1774-75. Becket, Cadell and Strahan
booksellers in London sued him in 1775 for selling a pirated
edition of Sterne's Works. Member of the Edinburgh
Bookseller's Society 7 February 1776. The National Library of
Scotland has The Appendix to Charles Elliot's Catalogue of
Books for 1779. He married Miss Christian daughter of the
deceased Mr William Sands bookseller 5 September 1780. Imported
books illegally from Ireland. Three bundles seized at Greenock in
July 1784. He had an arrangement by which he bought most of his
Irish piracies from William Anderson bookseller in Stirling, paying
him 10 per cent for the risk. He also had a large and successful
legitimate business trading with the George Robinsons, Thomas
Cadell and John Murray in London. He opened a shop in London in
1786 in partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas Kay. Died 12
January 1790. Will registered 28 January 1790. Business taken over
by C[ornelius] Elliot. Edinburgh Advertiser. His records
survive among the John Murray Archives in London. They probably
reached them by way of his daughter Ann, who married the second
John Murray. James Sutherland at C. Elliot's Edin Dir
1780-82;
NLS Impr Ind; Constable i 533-35. EdinBurg;
EdinMarr; Edin Dir; EdinTest; McDougall. Smugglers; Sher. Edinburgh
Booksellers
- ELLIOT, Cornelius bookseller and auctioneer
Edinburgh
31 Parliament Close 1790-96
Opposite Cross North side 1797-1813
Sale and Reading Rooms, Cross 1807-8
5 North Bridge - Sale Rooms Cross 1809
High Street - Sale Rooms Cross 1810-11
sale rooms and house Cross 1812-13
Inherited the business of Charles Elliot at the beginning of 1790.
He may be the same Cornelius Elliot who appears as a Writer to the
Signet in the directories from 1773-1800.
Married Matilda daughter of John Saiflo clockmaker in Lanark 16
March 1790. Member of the Edinburgh Bookseller's Society 18
November 1790 Bankrupt 1793. Admitted to Sanctuary for debt at
Holyroodhouse 13 September 1793. Burgess in right of father Thomas
Elliot saddler 19 January 1792; Guild Brother as apprentice to
William Allan merchant 2 March 1801.
NLS Impr Ind; EdinMarr; Cadell; EdinBurg; Sher. Edinburgh
Booksellers
- ELLIOT, George apprentice bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1755
Son to John Elliot Burgess in Lauder, apprenticed to John Young
bookbinder 16 July 1755.
EdinPren; Maxted
- ELLIOT, George bookbinder Glasgow
10 Bell Street 1820
Candleriggs Street 1825
20 Candleriggs Street 1828
Glas Dir; Pigot 1820; 1825
- ELLIOT, George bookseller, stationer and bookbinder
Kelso
Kelso 1765-1787
The Cunzienook 1788
Kelso 1789-1800
Apprentice: James Wylie apprenticed to George Eliot stationer
Kelso 1767
NLS Impr Ind; Maxted
- ELLIOT, John bookseller Hawick
Hawick 1793
Samuel Charters' Two discourses was printed for Cornelius
Elliot in Edinburgh and John Elliot in Hawick in 1793. 'Bad; Failed
lately - only a 4th rate' Oliver and Boyd Travellers Logbook NLS
Acc.5000/78
NLS Impr Ind; Bell
- ELLIOT, Robert printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1668-72
Son to the late James Elliot, Merchant in Selkirk, apprenticed to
Andro Anderson printer 19 August 1668. Married Isobel Willson 22
March 1672.
EdinPren; EdinMarr
- ELLIOT, William bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1770-71
Married Janet daughter of James Clerk weaver 5 May 1771.
EdinMarr
- ELLIS, James periodical publisher Glasgow
New-st Calton 1820
Pigot 1820
- ELLISON, Robert bookbinder Edinburgh
Foot Allan Close 1788-90
Edin Dir
- ELLITHORN, James & Co circulating library
Aberdeen
88 Green 1825
89 Green 1828
Beavan
- ELPHINSTONE, Thomas printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1687
A child buried in Greyfriars Churchyard 17 November 1687.
GreyBuri
- EMMERSON, Thomas engraver Dundee
4 Nethergate, Dundee 1842-43
Johnst3
- EMSLIE [ELMSLIE], James bookbinder and circulating
library Aberdeen
57 St Nicholas Street 1827-31
Beavan
- ENGLISH AND FRENCH LIBRARY Edinburgh
5 St Andrew's-square 1820
Pigot 1820
- ENTERED ACCORDING TO ORDER
Chapbooks with this imprint were printed by Patrick Mair and
Thomas Johnston in Falkirk, J.& M. Robertson in Glasgow, and
William Forrest in Edinburgh. Only a full analysis of the ornaments
used by all Scottish chapbook printers is likely to identify the
printers of others.
- ERSKINE, David bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1755
Ebenezer Erskine's Collection of sermons. Edinburgh. 1755
was printed for him. An Examination of the Edinburgh Review,
Numb.1. especially of Art VI. Concerning Mr Ebenezer Erskine's
Sermons. Edinburgh. 1755 is sometimes attributed to him.
NLS Impr Ind
- ERSKINE, David paper maker Pennycuik
Valleyfield Mill 1767-1779
Bought Valleyfield Mill (Mill No 60 in 1825) in 1767 and sold it
to Charles Cowan in 1779.
Thomson
- ERSKINE, Ebenezer apprentice printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1740
The Edinburgh Apprentice Register is reported as saying that
'Ebenezer Erskine son to Mr Ebenezer Erskine, Minister at
Dunfermline, apprenticed to Messrs Thomas & Walter Ruddimans
and Thomas Ruddiman junr, all printers in Edinburgh 4 June 1740'.
Ebenezer Erskine was the Minister of Stirling. His brother Ralph
Erskine was Minister of Dunfermline. Both had sons called Ebenezer.
Ebenezer Erskine's son of that name was drowned before 1733,
Ralph's was born in 1726 and died in 1747. Maxted based on
the tax records for apprentice premiums reads 'Ebenezer Erskine,
son of Ralph Erskine, apprenticed to Walter Rudiman & Co
printers Edinburgh 4 April 1741', which confirms that the entry is
for the son of Ralph Erskine, not Ebenezer.
EdinPren; Fasti iv 329; v 30
- ERSKINE, Margaret bookseller Kincardine
Kincardine 1852
Slater 1852
- ERSKINE [AERSKINE, AISKEN], Patrick bookbinder and
bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1657-68
Son to Andrew Erskine in 'Allaway', apprenticed with William
Paterson bookbinder 11 February 1657. There is a folio Bible in the
National Library of Scotland bound for John Earl of Caithness which
is signed on the foredge 'Ærskine 1661 Fecit'. Married Elizabeth
Mitchell 29 July 1662 (described as a bookbinder). Burgess [as
bookseller] by right of wife Elizabeth daughter to umquhile John
Mitchell merchant 29 January 1668. Wife Catherine Mitchell buried
in Greyfriars Churchyard 9 August 1672. Patrick Aiskin stationer
buried in Greyfriars Churchyard 27 February 1674.
EdinPren; EdinBurg; EdinMarr; GreyBuri
- ESKMILL paper warehouse Glasgow
East Clyde Street 1823
Mill No 23 in the possession of James Brown in 1825.
Glas Dir
- ESPLIN, Charles periodical publisher and printseller
Edinburgh
Crown and Anchor below the Cross 1752-65
print shop Head of Anchor Close July 1764
Opposite to the Crosswell September 1764
Charles Esplin & Co. same address 1765-78
Caledonian Mercury 30 January 1760; 30 July 1764; 29
September 1764
NLS Impr Ind
- ESPLIN [ESPLENS], John and Charles music and periodical
publishers Edinburgh
Below the Cross Well North side of the Street 1744
NLS Impr Ind; Bush.2
- ETTLES & CO, William bookseller Inverness
Inverness 1817
East-street 1820
He was involved in the founding of The Inverness Courier
4 December 1817. Died at Gravesend 24 September 1819 on his way
from London to Inverness.
Pigot 1820; Cowan; John Noble. Bibliography of Inverness
Newspapers and Periodicals. Stirling, 1903; William Simpson. Old
Inverness Booksellers. Inverness, 1931
- EVANS, Hugh circulating library? Edinburgh
Evans lecture library Gibb's Entry, Nicolson's Street
1793-96
lecture library, Gibb's entry to Simon's Square 1797-1803
Edin Dir
- EVENING POST newspaper office Edinburgh
Saturday Evening Post 10 West Register Street 1827
Evening Post and Scottish Literary Gazette 19 West Register Street
1828
Evening Post 1 West Register Street 1829
Saturday Evening Post 10 Princes Street 1830
Saturday Evening Post 13 Shakespeare Square 1831-33
10 South Saint David's Street 1834-35
16 South St David Street 1836-40
Evening Post & Scottish Standard same address 1841-43
27 Hanover Street 1844-46
Evening Post and Scottish Record 30 Hanover Street, printing
office 5 St James Square 1847-50
30 Hanover Street 1851
30 Hanover Street printing office 82 Rose Street 1852-56
78 Rose Street printing office 82 Rose Street 1857-60
21 George Street 1861-62
Not in Edin Dir 1830.
Edin Dir
- EVENING POST newspaper Glasgow
Office 28 Nelson Street 1828
Glas Dir
- EVERTON [OVERTON] PAPER MILLS Greenock
Overton Paper Works 1831-34
Shaws Waterfalls No 18 1836
Everton [sic],same address 1845
Everton is evidently Overton. See New Statistical Account 1845 vii
432-439; The owners were James Walkinshaw & Co [q.v.]. John
Nicoll was manager there 1831-36. James Rutherford was clerk to the
firm in 1834 and 1836. In 1845, John Watson was the foreman
papermaker and Samuel Berrie, Christopher Bowman, William Bryce,
and Archibald and John Horsburgh worked there. In 1853 James Gray
& Co owned Overton Paper Mills.
Fowler 1831; 1834; 1836; Greenock 1845
- EWART, Dougal foreman printer Paisley
9 Marshall's Lane 1851
Probably cloth.
Paisley 1851
- EWART, John apprentice stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1701
Son to Neill Ewart, of Salefoot, apprenticed to John Porteous
stationer 9 July 1701.
EdinPren
- EWEN, John print seller Aberdeen
Castle Street 1792-1810
Merchant, collector of subscriptions and seller of the
Aberdeen Almanack.
Beavan
- EWING, George stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1669
A child buried in Greyfriars Churchyard 6 April 1669.
GreyBuri
- EWING, John paper maker Aberdeen
Culter Mill 1819-21
Coulter Mill (Mill No 9) was in the posession of Arbuthnot &
McCombie in 1825.
Thomson
- EXAMINER newspaper office Glasgow
7 Argyll Street 1844-49
Glas Dir
- EXCISE JOURNAL OFFICE printer Glasgow
9 Nicholson Street 1840-44
Glas Dir
- EXON, Nathaniel printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1648
Married Catherine Huddlestoun 26 June 1648.
EdinMarr
- EXPRESS, WEEKLY newspaper office Edinburgh
22 Waterloo Place 1847
279 High Street 1848
Edin Dir
- FAED, James engraver Edinburgh
16 Comely Bank 1849
14 Comely Bank 1850-53
Born Barlay Mill, Gatehouse of Fleet 4 April 1821; died in
Edinburgh 23 September 1911
Edin Dir; Johnst3
- FAIR, David bookseller, stationer and printer
Galashiels
bookbinder and stationer Galashiels 1829
High Street 1837
National Library of Scotland MS 13965 contains a number of
accounts from him to General A. Walker of Bowland for binding books
and for stationery in 1829.
Pigot 1837
- FAIR, Robert bookseller Glasgow
Glasgow 1785
Mentioned in advertisement of bankruptcy of William Smith printer,
Glasgow. Edinburgh Evening Courant 25 June 1785.
NLS Impr Ind
- FAIRBAIRN [John] & ANDERSON booksellers
Edinburgh
[John] Fairbairn and Anderson booksellers, publishers and
stationers New Buildings 55 North Bridge 1818-20
Edin Dir; Pigot 1820
- FAIRBAIRN, J. bookseller Edinburgh
25 Warriston Crescent 1843-45
Edin Dir
- FAIRBAIRN, James bookseller Edinburgh
John & James Fairbairn 9 Hunter Square 1789-94
John Fairbairn same address 1793-1803
70 Adam's Square 1804
Adam's Square 1805-08
Son of John Fairbairn bookbinder, apprenticed to James Dickson
bookseller for 5 years 22 July 1779. Burgess and Guild Brother in
right of father John Fairbairn merchant 2 November 1786.
Member of the Edinburgh Bookseller's Society 19 August 1790.
EdinPren; EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; Sher. Edinburgh
Booksellers
- FAIRBAIRN, James engraver Edinburgh
22 Thistle Street 1846-47
19 South St David's Street 1848
41 George Street 1849-51
50 George Street 1852-53
38 Charlotte Square 1854-58
14 South St Andrews Street - Temperance Hotel 1859
27 Clyde Street 1860-62
The engraver of Crests of the families of Great Britain and
Ireland compiled from the best authorities by James Fairbairn, and
revised by Laurence Butters. Edinburgh, 1860.
Died in Edinburgh 20 October 1862
Edin Dir; Johnst3
- FAIRBAIRN, James librarian Innerleithen
Innerleithen 1852
Innerleithen Library
Slater 1852
- FAIRBAIRN, John bookbinder, bookseller and stationer
Edinburgh
bookbinder Castlehill 1774-75
Back of the Weigh-House 1776-82
stationer Opposite the Weigh-House 1784-88
bookseller and stationer Castlehill 1788
John & James Fairbairn 9 Hunter Square 1789-94
John Fairbairn same address 1793-1803
70 Adam's Square 1804
Adam's Square 1805-08
Wester Newington 1809-10
Son of the late James Fairbairn, schoolmaster at Pennicuik,
married Katharine daughter to Charles Barklay farmer in Carnock 28
June 1761. Apprenticed to Andrew [Adrian] Watkins, H.M. Printer for
Scotland for 7 years. Burgess as apprentice to Adrian Watkins His
Majesty's Stationer for Scotland 21 March 1782, apprenticed same
day; Guild Brother 'merchant' 17 August 1786. For many years clerk
to Mr Donaldson. Member, preses and treasurer of the Edinburgh
Bookseller's Society 23 June 1790. Apprentice Adam Black, Burgess
14 April 1808; Guild Brother 16 March 1814. John Fairbairn died
1810. 'He had been bred with Adrian Watkins, the King's Printer,
and was many years clerk to Mr Donaldson'. His 'son, his assistant
in business, had died only a short time before' 1795. 'He died in
the year 1810, and having no near relatives, left me and my friend
Mr. Reid of Leith residuary legatees. He had much intercourse with
American booksellers' Constable
Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; EdinPren; EdinBurg; EdinMarr;
Constable; Sher. Edinburgh Booksellers
- FAIRBAIRN, John bookseller Edinburgh
39 Nicolson Street 1812-13
bookseller and stationer Cross 1815-16
230 High Street 1817
[John] Fairbairn and Anderson booksellers, publishers and
stationers New Buildings 55 North Bridge 1818-21
John Fairbairn bookseller and stationer 13 Waterloo Place
1822-26
6 George Street 1827-30
house 28 Gayfield Square 1829-31
28 Gayfield Square 1832-42
25 Warriston Crescent 1843-47
no trade same address 1848-54
Burgess and Guild Brother as apprentice to William Creech 2
October 1815. Sequestration in SRO 1826.
Edin Dir; Williamson 1794; EdinBurg; Pigot 1825; SRO
CS231/F/1/29
- FAIRBAIRN, John bookseller Edinburgh
15 South Saint Davids Street 1845
Edin Dir
- FAIRELAN, Walter apprentice stationer Glasgow
Glasgow 1724
Walter Fairelan, son of Robert M'Fairelan of Auchbin, apprenticed
to William Duncan stationer Glasgow 1724
Maxted
- FAIRGRIEVE [John] and MURDOCH printers Edinburgh
R. Fairgrieve 23 Rose Lane 1832
Fairgrieve and Murdoch same address 1832
J. Fairgrieve & Co same address 1833
Edin Dir
- FAIRGRIEVE, John printer Edinburgh
Robertson's Close 1825
Peacock and [John] Fairgrieve 204 High Street 1826-27
R. Fairgrieve 23 Rose Lane 1829-31
Fairgrieve and Murdoch same address 1832
John Fairgrieve & Co same address 1833
79 Princes Street 1834-35
John Fairgrieve & Co 54 Rose Street 1836-49
John Fairgrieve same address 1850
74 Rose Street 1851-55
72 Rose Street 1856-59
Fairgrieve & Son 72 Rose Street 1860-63
J. Fairgrieve same address 1864-65
Burgess in right of father James Fairgrieve brewer 30 January
1822.
EdinBurg; Edin Dir
- FAIRGRIEVE, R. printer Edinburgh
23 Rose Lane 1829-31
Fairgrieve and Murdoch same address 1832
J. Fairgrieve & Co same address 1833
79 Princes Street 1834
John Fairgrieve & Co 28 Gayfield Square 1835
54 Rose Street 1836-50
74 Rose Street 1851-55
72 Rose Street 1856-59
Fairgrieve & Son same address 1860-63
J. Fairgrieve 1865-65
Edin Dir
- FAIRLEY, James printer Edinburgh
14 Arthur Street 1835
10 Arthur Street 1836-37
Gray 1835; 1836; 1837
- FAIRLIE, John apprentice printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1664
Son to Mr William Fairlie, wright in Edinburgh, apprenticed with
Andrew Anderson printer 16 November 1664.
EdinPren
- FALCONER & WILLISON printers Glasgow
Glasgow 1799-1800
NLS Impr Ind
- FALCONER, Alexander bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1643-68
Son to William Falconer, outwith the West Port of Edinburgh,
apprenticed to Andrew Wilson bookseller 29 March 1643. Burgess as
apprentice to Andrew Wilsone bookseller (29 March 1643) 13 May
1668.
EdinPren; EdinBurg
- FALCONER, J.S. bookseller Edinburgh
25 Nicolson Street 1833
26 Nicolson Street Gray 1833 also the same in Street
Index.
Edin Dir
- FALCONER, John bookbinder and bookseller Glasgow
Glasgow 1648-93
John Falconer bookbinder Burgess and Guild Brother as eldest son
to John Falconer reedmaker 2 March 1648. William Guthrie. The
Christian's great interest was printed for him, and others, by
Christopher Higgins in 1659. He was one of the debtors in Gideon
Lithgow's inventory in 1662 Bann.Misc.ii,280. Michael
Falconer stationer was made Burgess and Guild Brother as third son
to John Falconer bookbinder 12 October 1680. Thomas Falconer writer
was made Burgess and Guild Brother as seventh son to John Falconer
bookbinder 21 February 1690. John Falconer bookbinder was made
Burgess and Guild Brother in right of his father 17 March 1693.
John Erskine merchant was made Burgess and Guild Brother as married
to Esther daughter to deceased John Falconer bookbinder 5 December
1715. That would suggest that John Falconer the elder died between
1693 and 1715.
GlasBurg; Aldis 1904
- FALCONER, John bookbinder Glasgow
Glasgow 1693
Burgess and Guild brother in right of his father 17 March
1693.
GlasBurg
- FALCONER, Michael stationer Glasgow
Glasgow 1680
Burgess and Guild Brother as third son to John Falconer bookbinder
12 October 1680.
GlasBurg
- FALCONER, Robert bookseller Glasgow
29 Miller's Place 1840
44 Miller's Place 1844
Glas Dir
- FALCONER, S. bookseller Edinburgh
Hill Place 1834-37
Edin Dir
- FALCONER, S. bookseller Edinburgh
4 North College Street 1847-53
Edin Dir
- FALCONER, W. bookseller Glasgow
Saltmarket 1800
Sold Ewing Greville's Animadversions. Glasgow: printed by
Falconer & Willison. 1800.
NLS Impr Ind
- FALCONER, William printer Glasgow
120 Saltmarket 1803-4
lodging 9 Victoria Street 1805
Falconer & Frazer 82 High Street 1807
lodging 9 Victoria Street 1809
Printed for R. Smith bookseller a chapbook Lives of the most
celebrated ancient kings of Scotland in 1804. It has twelve
pages of text and eight full-page engraved plates!
Chapbook Printers
- FALCONER, William printer Glasgow
Western Star Office 3 High-street 1815
printer same address 1820
11 High Street 1825
Glas Dir; Pigot 1820; 1825
- FALCONER, William printer Paisley
Paisley 1804
Printed Sketches of the lives of remarkable and celebrated
characters. Paisley, 1804.
Crawford
- FAMILTON, Thomas bookseller Edinburgh?
Edinburgh? 1760
John Dalziel. Doctrine of the unity. Edinburgh: printed
for Thomas Familton and Thomas Wilson in Earlston ...
NLS Impr Ind
- FARIE, James bookbinder Glasgow
Robert Farie, 54 Trongate 1819
Post Office Court, Trongate 1820
114 Trongate 1828
Wilson's Court, 57 Argyll Street 1835
& Co same address 1840
James Farie, same address 1844-47
Glas Dir
- FARIE, James paper maker Govan
Meikle Balgray 1770
Will registered 8 August 1770.
HamiltonTest
- FARIE, Robert bookseller Glasgow
Glasgow 1779
Salt Market 1783-86
16 Saltmarket 1787-89
Robert Farrie [sic] apprenticed to John Marshall bookbinder
Glasgow 1761. Died 30 March 1800 Maxted; Glas Dir; NLS Impr
Ind; Timperley p.802.
- FARIE, Robert bookbinder Glasgow
54 Trongate 1819
Old Post Office Court, [141] Trongate 1820-25
114 Trongate 1828
Wilson's Court, 57 Argyll Street 1835
& Co same address 1837-40
James Farie same address 1844
Glas Dir; Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837
- FARLANE [FAIRELAN], Walter apprentice stationer Glasgow
Glasgow 1724
Walter Fairelan, son of Robert M'Fairelan of Auchbin, apprenticed
to William Duncan stationer Glasgow 1724
Maxted
- FARQUHAR, George printer Aberdeen
Aberdeen 1833-75
Of the Herald Office.
Beavan
- FARQUHAR, J. bookseller Wick
High Street 1810
John Mowat 'Books and Printing in Caithness' Records of the
Glasgow Bibliographical Society vi 84-94 (1920)
- FARQUHAR, Robert bookseller Aberdeen
Aberdeen 1723-48
Under the Town House of Aberdeen 1749-53
NLS Impr Ind; Beavan
- FARQUHAR, Robert bookseller Aberdeen
Castlegate 1753-1763
Nephew of Robert Farquhar 1723-53
NLS Impr Ind; Beavan
- FARQUHAR, William bookseller and circulating library
Peterhead
Peterhead 1790?
Aberdeen 1791?
printer's devil to John Moir Edinburgh 1794
'The first person that I can hear of who tried bookselling as a
business in Peterhead was a William Farquhar; he also kept a
circulating library, and published a collection of original
poems... He did not find employment and therefore left the place.'
Poems on several occasions: consisting of Elegies &
Epistles, Miscellaneous & Scottish pieces. By William
Farquhar was printed at Edinburgh for the author in 1794. The
printer was John Moir who was Farquhar's employer at the time.
Farquhar is generous with personal information in his poems. He
'has not as yet completed his twenty-third year', so he was born
about 1772.
'I left my business, clos'd my shop,
Gave up for fancy'd solid hope;
left Aberdeen with pride elate,
But found my blunder, tho' too late.
Then round Edina's streets I wander'd,
Where for my folly I was slander'd.
With fruitless toil at last being worn,
Homeward, desponding, I return;
But ship'd again. I backward trode,
Unwillingly the same vile road.
To generous Moir I then apply'd,
Who, as he could, my wants supply'd;
And to prevent a greater evil
Gave me the honour'd post of Devil.'
He seems to have decided to remain in Edinburgh:-
'In Edinburgh my lot is cast,
I'm anchor'd there I think at last'
His Poems include An Address intended to have been
printed on the opening of the author's circulating library at
Peterhead.
Peter Buchan. Annals of Peterhead. Peterhead, 1819.
- FARQUHARSON, Alexander bookseller stationer &
circulating library Burntisland
Burntisland 1852
Slater 1852
- FARQUHARSON, David printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1794
Married Margaret daughter of deceased John Robertson farmer at
Lauder 15 May 1794.
EdinMarr
- FARQUHARSON, David printer Edinburgh
6 West Richmond Street 1833-36
Gray 1833; 1834; 1835; 1836
- FARQUHARSON, Henry carver and printseller
Edinburgh
carver and gilder St Mary's Wynd 1774-77
Below Head of the North Bridge 1778
St Mary's Wynd 1780-82
Bridge Street 1784-86
Below Head of the North Bridge 1788
3 Princes's Street 1790
carver and printseller Prince's Street 1793
carver and gilder 3 South Prince's Street 1794-97
Henry Farquharson & Co Wardrop's Back Court 1799-1803
Henry Farquharson Carver and Gilder to the Prince of Wales Scale
Stair, Head of Dixon's Close 1804
Williamson's Edin Dir 1794 2 Princes Street.
Edin Dir
- FARQUHARSON, William bookseller and stationer
Keith
Mid Street 1837
& druggist same address 1852
Pigot 1837; Slater 1852
- FARRIE, Robert apprentice bookbinder Glasgow
Glasgow 1761
Robert Farrie apprenticed to John Marshall bookbinder Glasgow
1761. See Robert Farie
Maxted
- FEARN, Alexander engraver Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1679-95
Married Agnes Fullarton at Edinburgh 5 September1679; The
privileges of a manufactory conferred on Alexander Fearn, to enable
him to practise the art of engraving, either in cutting seals,
coats of arms, etc., or in "cutting or sinking the exact effigies
of any person who pleases to sit three hours severally."
The Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, vol. IX,
Edinburgh, 1822, Ref. 1695, c 82 IX, 490; Johnst3
- FELFERE, Robert stationer Kelso
Kelso 1761
George Patterson apprenticed to Robert Felfere stationer Kelso
1761
Maxted
- FELL, Robert printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1764
Married Margaret daughter to Alexander Hutton merchant 16 December
1764.
EdinMarr
- FELL, Robert engraver Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1796
Married Margaret daughter of William Dingwall shoemaker 2 December
1796.
EdinMarr
- FENNELL [FINNELL], John bookbinder Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1610-19
John Finnell bookbinder married Agnes Stregeith at Edinburgh 10
July 1610. The National Library of Scotland has a book with an
inscription stating that it was bound by John Fennell in Edinburgh
1619.
EdinMarr; John Morris. 'Scottish bookbindings: a binding
by John Fennell of Edinburgh for George Lauder of the Bass 1619'.
The Bibliotheck xvi,59-63 (1989)
- FENTON, Charles engraver and lithographer Dundee
James Fenton 24 High Street South Side 1829-36
4 Crichton Street 1837-45
James and Charles Fenton 6 Crichton Street 1846-68
Born 11797, son of Charles Fenton and Amelia Nicoll, and brother
of James Fenton engraver Dundee. Married Elizabeth Duncan. Died in
Dundee 31 May 1884
'Fenton's Book of Accounts 1847-53' is held in Dundee
Central Library; Johnst3; Schenck
- FENTON, James book agent Aberdeen
Gerard Street 1824
70 George Street 1834
Agent for the Penny National Library. Went to London in
1834.
Beavan; Pigot 1825
- FENTON, James copper engraver and lithographic printer
Dundee
24 High Street South side 1829-36
4 Crichton Street 1837-45
James & Charles Fenton 6 Crichton Street 1846-67
Son of Charles Fenton and Amelia Nicoll, James Fenton 1797-1853.
Worked for Thomas Ivory, for 16 years from 1809 till 2nd June 1825,
when he took over the business on Ivory's retiral. Died in Dundee
21 December 1853; The firm's account book 1847-53 is held in Dundee
City Library.
Dundee 1829; 1846; Pigot 1837; Slater 1852; Schenck;
Johnst3
- FENTON, Robert bookbinder Aberdeen
56 John Street 1835-57
Almost certainly worked as journeyman for or in partnership with
John Philip for part of his career.
Beavan
- FENWICK, John bookseller Langholm
High Street 1837
Pigot 1837
- FERGUSHILL, Andrew apprentice bookbinder Glasgow
Glasgow 1710
Andrew Fergushill , son of Robert Fergushill of Burnockstown,
apprenticed to Hendrie Luke bookbinder Glasgow 4 May 1710
Maxted
