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  • REYNOLDS, Andrew printer Edinburgh
    2 Mansfield Place 1835
    20 Cumberland Street 1836-37
    no trade 20 Cumberland Street 1838
    printer same address 1839-46
    14 Pitt Street 1847-73
    Christian name Edin Dir 1844-46.
    Gray 1835; 1836; 1837; Edin Dir
  • RHIND, James bookseller and stationer Elgin
    High Street 1825
    Pigot 1825
  • RICHARD, Walter type founder Edinburgh
    house 9 Salisbury Place 1830-40
    house 24 Regent Terrace 1841-79
    Of the firm of Miller and Richard, previously of the Stamp Office 1825-29; married the daughter of William Miller. In 1835 the firm became W. Miller & Co and in 1842, Miller & Richard.
    Edin Dir
  • RICHARDSON, HUTCHISON & CO printers, stereotypers and typefounders Glasgow
    161 Trongate, 1837
    Pigot 1837
  • RICHARDSON, Adam Watson bookseller Turiff
    Turiff 1852
    Slater 1852
  • RICHARDSON, Archibald bookbinder Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1730-55
    Jackson's Close 1763
    Burgess 13 May 1730. Married Janet Aikine daughter of the late Thomas Aikine tenant in Harvestoun, Borthwick 23 November 1740. Apprentices: Alexander Angus 20 January 1737; Hugh Sands 14 December 1737; Ralph Dundas 1742 ; Robert Gardner, son of James Gardner, 1742; James Palmer 2 February 1743; John Duff 6 April 1748; William Crawford 4 June 1755; John Hunter 1767
    EdinBurg; EdinMarr; EdinPren; Maxted; Caledonian Mercury 10 September; 30 November 1763
  • RICHARDSON, Charles printer Edinburgh
    5 Carnegie Street 1817
    Edin Dir
  • RICHARDSON, D. bookseller Dunfermline
    Dunfermline 1799
    To sell Thoughts on the divine goodness. Glasgow Courier 27 April 1799.
    NLS Impr Ind
  • RICHARDSON, George printer Glasgow
    College Street 1835
    and stereotype founder 35 Miller Street 1840-47
    Printer the University same address 1849
    Glas Dir
  • RICHARDSON, John printer Edinburgh
    Walter Ruddiman J. Richardson and Company Edinburgh 1759-67
    Son to George Richardson, Writer, apprenticed to Thomas and Walter Ruddiman printers 16 May 1753 [11 May 1753 Maxted]. Burgess and Guild Brother as apprentice to Thomas and Walter Ruddiman printers 10 September 1766. John Richardson entered into partnership with Walter Ruddiman to print and publish The Caledonian Mercury. His name first appeared in the colophon 28 January 1760.
    EdinPren; Maxted; EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind
  • RICHARDSON, R. bookseller Lochmaben
    Lochmaben [ca 1823?]
    'Sequestrated; Provost of the Burgh & was always considered good - a little long-winded' Oliver and Boyd Travellers Logbook NLS Acc.5000/78. Lochmaben not in Pigot 1820; 1821; Richardson not in Pigot 1825; 1837.
    Bell
  • RICHARDSON, Robert bookseller Edinburgh
    33 College Wynd 1837-39
    Edin Dir
  • RICHARDSON, Thomas bookseller & bookbinder Perth
    1 George Street 1852
    Slater 1852
  • RICHARDSON, Wallwood bookseller and stationer Langholm
    High Street 1825
    Probably the Wellwood Richardson who was at High Street, Annan Pigot 1837
    Pigot 1825
  • RICHARDSON, Walter. bookseller and hairdresser Edinburgh and Leith
    hairdresser 241 Cowgate 1820-22
    35 College Wynd 1823-24
    1 College Street 1825-26
    hairdresser and bookseller 101 West Bow 1827
    135 Grassmarket 1828
    hairdresser 52 Kirkgate, Leith 1829
    bookseller and hairdresser same address 1830
    16 Kirkgate 1831-35
    18 Kirkgate 1835
    42 Kirkgate 1836-37
    12 Kirkgate 1838
    42 Kirkgate 1839-40
    and auctioneer same address 1840
    100 Kirkgate 1841-46
    book agent, auctioneer and appraiser same address 1847-51
    14 Tolbooth Wynd and 100 Kirkgate 1852
    Edin Dir; Gray 1835; Pigot 1837
  • RICHARDSON, Wellwood bookseller and circulating library Annan
    High Street 1837-52
    Probably the Wallwood Richardson who was at High Street, Langholm Pigot 1825
    Pigot 1837; Slater 1852
  • RICHARDSON, William printer and maker of printing ink Edinburgh
    Alison's Close, Cowgate Head 1782
    printers ink maker King's Stables 1786
    Married Christian daughter to deceast Nicol Brice officer of Excise 5 May 1776.
    EdinMarr; Edin Dir
  • RICHARDSON, William engraver Edinburgh
    2 Mayfield Loan 1835-36
    3 Francis Place 1837-45
    3 Summerhall Place 1846-59
    Talbot Place, East Preston Street 1860-64
    8 Talbot Place 1865
    2 Talbot Place 1866-68
    18 East Preston Street 1869-73
    Engraved some plates after J. M. W. Turner.
    Edin Dir; Johnst3
  • RICHMOND, Walter apprentice bookseller Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1753
    Youngest son to deceased Hugh Richmond, Writer, apprenticed to Charles Wright bookseller 18 April 1753.
    EdinPren; Maxted
  • RICKARD, Patrick bookseller and stationer Edinburgh
    55 South Bridge 1835-46
    bookseller and publisher 14 Infirmary Street 1847
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
  • RIGBY, G. journeyman printer Edinburgh
    C. Stewart's printing-house 1808
    To the public. The Journeymen in Mr Stewart's Printing Office feel themself under the necessity of replying to the following paragraph, page 17, of Mr Roberton's last defence.





    RIGGS, John printer Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1723
    Married Isobel Hope daughter of the late Robert Hope, wright in Ashkirk 8 August 1723.
    EdinMarr
  • RINTOULL, Michaell apprentice bookseller Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1740
    Son to Robert Rintoull, baxter, apprenticed to William Miller bookseller 3 September 1740.
    EdinPren
  • RINTOUL, Robert Stephen printer and newspaper printer Dundee
    Dundee Advertiser 1809-17
    New-inn-entry 1818-19
    Dundee Advertiser Office same address 1820-28
    Born at Tibbermuir in Perthshire in 1787. Served his apprenticeship in Edinburgh as a printer. Took over the printing of The Dundee Advertiser in March 1809. Within two years he was also the editor. In February 1825 Rintoul resigned and went first to Edinburgh where he started a paper called The Edinburgh Times, which had only a short life. He then went to London, where, after working on the staff of The Atlas, in July 1828 he left and became founder and editor of The Spectator. He retired in February 1858 and died 22 April the same year.
    DNB; Millar; Dundee 1818; Pigot 1820; Dundee Delin; Dundee 1824
  • RINTOUR, Peter paper maker Edrom
    Allanbank Mill 1825
    Mill No 35 in the hands of William Martin in 1832. Printed 'Rintour' in Thomson's transcript of the Mill List 'Wintour' in the text and the index.
    Thomson
  • RISK, David second-hand bookseller Glasgow
    1 Bazaar Candlerigg Street 1825
    Pigot 1825
  • RITCHIE, COBBAN & Co printers Aberdeen
    Aberdeen 1825-26
    The Cobban may be Robert Cobban.
    Beavan
  • RITCHIE, Alexander engraver and lithographic printer Edinburgh
    H[ugh] and A[lexander] Ritchie 10 Hanover Street 1847-49
    Alexander Ritchie 19 South St David's Street 1850-73
    Alexander Ritchie & Son same address 1874-75
    51 York Place 1876-20th Century
    Engraved Hay's Clans of Scotland. [n.d.] and Royal Volunteer Review in the Queen's Park. Edinburgh, 7 August 1860.
    Edin Dir; Schenck
  • RITCHIE, David stationer Denny
    Denny 1852
    Slater 1852
  • RITCHIE, G. & P[atrick] copying and printing press makers Edinburgh
    patent press and machine makers 36 Nicolson Street 1828-29
    and projecting letter manufacturers 56 Nicolson Street 1830-33
    Patrick Ritchie same address 1834-47
    Oakfield 102 Pleasance 1848-91
    Beevers & Kay (successors to Patrick Ritchie) Swinton Row 1892
    The firm is quite distinct from that of Ritchie & Sons, pressmakers, Edinburgh, who are listed under Robert Ritchie & Sons. Separate entry for Patrick 1829, and for G. no christian name 1830. 'Patrick Ritchie has testimonials from gentlemen and houses of the first respectability, giving his Patent Presses for Printing, Copying, Lithography, Stamping, &c. a decided preference to any other in use. Improved Tuscan and Straw Hat Pressing Machines. Projecting letters for Warehouses, Shops, &c., in Metal or Wood...' Printed advt in Edin Dir 1835; printed advt (testimonials) Grays's Dir 1836.
    Edin Dir
  • RITCHIE, Hugh H. engraver and copperplate printer Edinburgh
    Hugh Ritchie 7 Leith Street 1843
    H. H. Ritchie and lithographer same address 1844-46
    H[ugh] and A[lexander] Ritchie lithographers 10 Hanover Street 1847-49
    Alexander Ritchie 19 South St David's Street 1850-73
    Alexander Ritchie & Son same address 1874-75
    51 York Place 1876-20th Century
    Edin Dir; Schenck
  • RITCHIE, James printer Edinburgh
    Head Blackfryars Wynd Denovan's 1804
    Daughter Janet married John M'Donald printer 28 February 1794.
    EdinMarr; Edin Dir
  • RITCHIE, James wholesale stationer Edinburgh
    148 High Street 1821-27
    158 High Street 1828-38
    140 High Street 1839-78
    James Ritchie & Son same address 1879-83
    2 North St David Street 1884-85
    James Ritchie, Son & Co same address 1886-87
    4 North St David Street 1888-93
    6 Picardy Place 1894-98
    8 Picardy Place 1899-20th Century
    149 High Street 1824; Burgess as apprentice to William Caddell & Co stationers 7 February 1824; Guild Brother 14 October 1825.
    Edin Dir; EdinBurg; Pigot 1825; 1837
  • RITCHIE, John bookbinder Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1691-95
    His wife Margaret Greig buried in Greyfriars Churchyard 19 August 1691; John Ritchie bookbinder buried in Greyfriars Churchyard 7 January 1695.
    GreyBuri
  • RITCHIE, John printer and bookseller Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1796-98
    Head Blackfriars Wynd 1799-1824
    28 Niddry Street 1825-31
    3 East Adam Street 1832-39
    Milne Square 1840
    Burgess and Guild Brother in right of wife Jane daughter of William M'Lean merchant 8 September 1807. Printed a numbered series of tracts under the title The Scotch Cheap Repository, containing Moral & Religious Tales. Chiefly intended for the Instruction and Amusement of the Young. No 4 was published in 1808. Apprentices: Thomas Greig, Burgess 9 September 1807; John Walker, Burgess 9 September 1807.
    NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; Chapbook Printers
  • RITCHIE, John newspaper office Edinburgh
    of Scotsman Office - house Hebron Bank 1832
    6 Hill Square 1833-35
    house 48 George Square 1836-44
    same address - no trade - 1845-50
    Edin Dir
  • RITCHIE, Patrick copying and printing press maker Edinburgh
    G. & P. Ritchie patent press and machine makers 36 Nicolson Street 1828-29
    and projecting letter manufacturers 56 Nicolson Street 1830-33
    Patrick Ritchie same address 1834-47
    Oakfield 102 Pleasance 1848-91
    Beevers & Kay (successors to Patrick Ritchie) Swinton Row 1892
    A printing press, which belongs to Mr Harry Macintosh of Speedspools, 7 Gayfield Place Lane Edinburgh, has a platen size of 20 x 27 inches, and is unlike anything in Moran, or elsewhere in the literature. The staple is heavy and of a rounded square shape, in cast iron with decorative thistles, and the words 'PATRICK RITCHIE / EDINBURGH' in raised letters at the top. These are gilded. A cross member is cast across the staple to take the bar. The platen is held suspended by two leaf springs below the bar, fastened through the staple and impression is made by a knuckle joint which is straightened by means of a bar and a number of levers, resembling those of a Columbian. The impression is adjusted by means of a wheel on top of the press working through the staple. There is nothing remarkable about the rounce or the bed of the press, and the legs are sturdy but quite unornamented. The firm is quite distinct from that of Ritchie & Sons, pressmakers, Edinburgh, who are listed under Robert Ritchie & Sons. 'Patrick Ritchie has testimonials from gentlemen and houses of the first respectability, giving his Patent Presses for Printing, Copying, Lithography, Stamping, &c. a decided preference to any other in use. Improved Tuscan and Straw Hat Pressing Machines. Projecting letters for Warehouses, Shops, &c., in Metal or Wood...' Advertisement in Edin Dir 1835.
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
  • RITCHIE, Robert smith and machine maker Edinburgh
    43 East Cross Causeway 1845
    Robert Ritchie & Sons same address 1846-48
    press and machine makers same address 1849
    Ritchie & Son same address 1850-54
    Mentioned in Moran, James. Printing presses: history and development from the fifteenth century to modern times. London, 1973, pp.66-7, as making Columbian Presses. Not to be confused with Patrick Ritchie who also made presses in Edinburgh.
    Edin Dir
  • RITCHIE, Thomas Edward bookseller Edinburgh
    21 Princes Street 1800-03
    Edin Dir
  • RITCHIE, William printer Cupar in Fife and Edinburgh
    Cupar 1822-24
    Crossgate 1825
    25 St James Square Edinburgh 1831-34
    Manager of Edinburgh Printing Co 20 Shakespeare Square 1835-37
    33 Howe Street 1838-43
    William Ritchie was the son of William Ritchie, Dean of Guild in Cupar. He married Elizabeth Davidson, youngest daughter of Alexander Davidson, cabinet maker in the Bonnygate 25 December 1822.'Overseer New North Briton' Gray's Dir 1832. He died in Edinburgh 12 April 1844.
    Campbell Cupar; Information from Mr. W. T. Johnston; Pigot 1825; Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
  • RITCHIE, William newspaper office Edinburgh
    writer for The Scotsman 1817-31
    William Ritchie was born at Lundie Mill, Fife, where his father was a flax-dresser, in 1781, and came to Edinburgh at the age of 19. He was employed in the offices of two Writers to the Signet, and became a member of the Society of Solicitors of the Supreme Courts in 1808. He was one of the original projectors The Scotsman; contributed to the first issue of 25 January 1817, and continued to be one of its editors, with Charles Maclaren and John Ramsay M'Culloch, up to the time of his death. He died 4 February 1831.
    DNB; Biographical Notice of William Ritchie Esq. Edinburgh: printed at The Scotsman office, 1831; Stanley Jones. 'Hazlitt in Edinburgh: an evening with Mr Ritchie of the Scotsman' Etudes Anglaises xviie année (1964) 9-20.
  • RITCHIE, W[illiam] & Co. printers Edinburgh
    19 Shakespeare Square 1833
    William Ritchie 20 Shakespeare Square 1834-37
    Gray 1833; 1834; 1835; 1836; 1837
  • RITCHIE, William London Bible Warehouse Edinburgh
    9 St Andrew Square 1843
    bookseller and map agent same address 1844
    and newsagent same address 1845
    bookseller, stationer and newsagent 7 South St Andrew's Street 1846-48
    Edin Dir
  • ROACH and RAMSAY bookbinders Edinburgh
    Reoch and Ramsay 36 Rose Street 1830
    Roach and Ramsay same address 1831-32
    Peter Roach bookbinder 208 Canongate 1833-48
    Edin Dir
  • ROACH, James bookseller Bathgate
    Jarvey Street 1837
    Pigot 1837
  • ROACH, James bookseller Edinburgh
    229 Canongate 1815-17
    Peter Roach same address 1818
    Edin Dir
  • ROACH, James bookbinder Edinburgh
    Peter Roach, Boyd's Close, Canongate 1809-12
    James Roach bookseller 229 Canongate 1817
    Peter Roach same address 1818
    Peter Roach and Son bookbinders Don's Close 1819
    208 Canongate 1820-48
    James Roach same address 1849-65
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1820; 1825
  • ROACH, Peter bookbinder Edinburgh
    Boyd's Close, Canongate 1809-12
    James Roach bookseller 229 Canongate 1817
    Peter Roach same address 1818
    Peter Roach and Sons bookbinders Don's Close - house 208 Canongate 1819
    Peter Roach [Weir's Close] 208 Canongate 1820-48
    James Roach same address 1849-65
    Engraved advertisement Edin Dir 1824 (trade card).
    Edin Dir
  • ROALFE, Matilda & Co booksellers and newsagents Edinburgh
    105 Nicolson Street 1844
    Edin Dir
  • ROBB, James bookbinder bookseller and stationer Glasgow
    Glasgow 1748-67
    Salt Mercat 1768-73
    Isaac Ambrose's Looking unto Jesus: a view of the everlasting Gospel was printed for James Robb bookbinder in 1758. Hugh Binning's Works. Glasgow, 1768 were printed for John Robb and Robert Duncan. He also published The Glasgow Chronicle in 1773. Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with James Brown stationer 23 August 1748. Will registered 5 March 1778. John Robb bookseller Burgess and Guild Brother as eldest son to deceased John Robb bookbinder 8 August 1776. Apprentices: Robert Colvill apprenticed to James Robb bookbinder Glasgow 1750; Robert Colville stationer Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with James Robb stationer 14 June 1765; James Provan apprenticed to James Robb bookbinder Glasgow 1755; James Provane merchant Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with James Robb stationer 1 October 1772; Robert Calder apprenticed to James Robb bookbinder Glasgow 1759; John Kinlay apprenticed to James Robb bookbinder Glasgow 1760
    GlasBurg; Maxted; NLS Impr Ind; GlasTest
  • ROBB, John bookseller, stationer Edinburgh
    34 Leith Street 1828
    62 Leith Street 1829
    and circulating library same address 1830
    Edin Dir
  • ROBB, John bookseller and second-hand bookseller Glasgow
    Glasgow 1776
    Fourth shop below the Old Vennel East side of the High Street 1796
    University Buildings High Street 1799-1800
    John Robb bookseller Burgess and Guild Brother as eldest son to deceased John Robb bookbinder 8 August 1776. "J. Robb respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has removed to that large and elegant shop, University Buildings, High Street, formerly possessed by Mr. Mundell..." Glasgow Courier 2 November 1799.
    GlasBurg; NLS Impr Ind
  • ROB, John bookbinder Rutherglen?
    Rutherglen? 1741
    Admitted Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow gratis 13 May 1741. Probably connected with a Parliamentary election in which Rutherglen was the returning Burgh for the Glasgow District of Burghs.
    GlasBurg
  • ROBERTON [George] & Co printers Glasgow
    90 Bell Street 1844-47
    George Roberton of Roberton & Co is listed separately 1844-47.
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTS & CRAWFORD paper makers and paper warehouse Currie and Edinburgh
    Kenleith Mills, Currie 1823-25
    stationers and engravers 123 High Street, Edinburgh 1823-24
    Mill No 53. Sequestration in SRO 1829; In possession of Russell Kerr in 1832.
    Pigot 1825; Thomson; SRO CS96/822
  • ROBERTS, William Henry hop and paper agent Edinburgh
    123 High Street 1828-29
    wholesale stationer and agent 7 Bank Street 1830-33
    25 North Bridge 1834-37
    and British winemaker 1 South St Andrews Street 1838-45
    British Wine Works Laverock Bank 1846-62
    Agent for Perkins & Co engravers London Gray 1833; agent for Perkins & Bacon bankers' engravers and S. Wise bank note paper maker Gray 1834; 1835; 1837; 26 North Bridge Gray 1837
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
  • ROBERTSON [David] & ATKINSON [Thomas] booksellers Glasgow
    156 Trongate 1823-25
    84 Trongate 1828-30
    Atkinson & Co same address 1830-
    David Robertson 188 Trongate 1830-
    Went into partnership 1823, taking over the establishment of William Turnbull.
    Pigot 1825; Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, [John] & BALLANTYNE [Walter] lithographic establishment Edinburgh
    John Robertson 13 South Union Place 1820-21
    19 Greenside Place 1822
    John Robertson & Walter Ballatyne 20 Greenside Place 1823-24
    Robertson & Ballantyne 18 Greenside Place 1825-27
    Walter Ballantine same address 1828
    Listed separately under Robertson and Ballantyne Edin Dir 1824.
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON and FYFE general advertising agents Edinburgh
    210 High Street 1823-24
    297 High Street 1825-27
    newspaper printers Weekly Chronicle 297 High Street Pigot 1825
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1825
  • ROBERTSON & SCOTT newspaper and advertising agents Edinburgh
    5 North St Andrew Street 1829-32
    28 Hanover Street 1833-38
    newspaper agents and news room 36 George Street 1839-59
    13 Hanover Street 1860-20th Century
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON [James], WEST, [Edward] and Company booksellers Edinburgh
    James Robertson 7 Parliament Square 1816-21
    [James] Robertson, [Edward] West and Company same address 1822
    James Robertson & Co same address 1823-24
    8 St Andrew Street 1825-29
    7 South Saint David's Street 1830
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON & Co engravers and lithographers Edinburgh
    1 West Nicolson Street 1846-47
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON & Co booksellers and stationers Glasgow
    40 Argyll Street 1840
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, Mrs bookseller Edinburgh
    James Robertson South Bridge 1790
    James Robertson and Walter Berry Shop 39 South Bridge; Printing office 4 Horse Wynd 1792-97
    James Robertson 3 Leith Street, East Side and 4 Horsewynd 1799-1803
    4 Horse Wynd, 6 Leith Street and 65 South Bridge Denovan's 1804
    Shops 4 Horse Wynd and 15 Nicolson's Street 1805-06
    16 Nicolson's Street 1807
    bookseller same address 1808
    16 and 17 Nicolson Street 1809
    16 Nicolson Street 1810
    James Robertson 30 Nicolson Street 1811-15
    Mrs Robertson same address 1816-20
    38 Nicolson Street 1821-22
    30 Nicolson Street 1823-26
    Mrs J. Robertson bookseller and stationer 37 West Nicholson Street 1827
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, Adam paper maker Mid Calder
    Adam & Joseph Robertson Mid Calder 1761
    William Robertson New Calder near Linlithgow 1825-37
    Adam Robertson New Calder, Mid Calder 1837-89
    Mill No 5. Grange Mill, Calder and New Calder Slater 1852
    Pigot 1837; Slater 1852; Thomson; List of Papermills 1876 in NLS ; Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, Alexander printer and bookseller Leith and Edinburgh
    Printing Office on the Coal-Hill Leith 1764-66
    Edinburgh 1767
    Morison's Close 1768-71
    Niddry's-Wynd 1773-84
    Foot of the Horse Wynd opposite to the Old Assembly Close 1785-95
    Married Jean daughter to deceast Dougal Campbell in Balmedie in Argyleshire 24 April 1763. Burgess of Edinburgh in right of his wife Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Anderson saddler 21 September 1786. A general printer in a large way of printing who printed a great many chapbooks, many without his name but with the address in the imprint. John Morren printer Edinburgh married Isobel Robertson daughter of Alexander Robertson printer 29 January 1784.
    Advertisement in Edin Dir 1777.
    EdinMarr; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; Chapbook Printers; EdinBurg
  • ROBERTSON, Alexander paper maker Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1795
    Married Helen daughter of Alexander Bruce labourer at Currie 12 August 1795.
    EdinMarr
  • ROBERTSON, Alexander engraver Edinburgh
    Head Luckenbooths 1799-1803
    West End Luckenbooths Denovan's 1804
    Apprenticed to Andrew Bell; Robert Scott was apprenticed to him. Said to have married in 1800. Subscribed to David Crawford. Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh, 1789. No christian name Edin Dir 1799, 1801-3
    Edin Dir; Bush.2; Johnst3
  • ROBERTSON, Alexander musicseller Edinburgh
    47 Princes Street 1822-31
    47 and 39 Princes Street 1832-35
    Musicseller to Their Majesties same address Gray 1835
    39 Princes Street 1836-37
    musicseller to the Queen 39 Princes Street and music academy 26 Queen Street 1838-46
    39 Princes Street 1847-49
    'music saloon' Edin Dir 1822-23. Burgess and Guild Brother 9 April 1841.
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1825; 1837; EdinBurg
  • ROBERTSON, Andrew printer Glasgow
    St Enoch's Wynd 1783
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, Daniel music seller Edinburgh
    Liddel's Close 1806-07
    music teacher Lawnmarket 1808-09
    music seller 9 South Frederick Street 1810
    21 Frederick Street 1811
    11 College Street 1812-15
    21 College Street 1816-24
    teacher of music same address 1825-56
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, David bookbinder Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1628-34
    Married Bessie Ramsay 11 September 1628. Worked for M. Vautrollier against whom he brought a complaint before the Privy Council for illegal caption. (P.C.Reg.2nd Ser.v, 174, 177, 182, 572, 580)
    EdinMarr; Aldis 1904
  • ROBERTSON, David bookseller Glasgow
    [David] Robertson and [Thomas] Atkinson 156 Trongate 1823-25
    84 Trongate 1828-30
    David Robertson 188 Trongate 1830-37
    Bookseller to Her Majesty same address 1837-54
    Born in 1795 on the farm of Easter Garden, on the Cardross estate in the parish of Kippen, he received a fair education in his native district. Apprenticed to William Turnbull, bookseller, Trongate, Glasgow in 1810, and on his death in 1823, he took on the business in partnership with Thomas Atkinson. The partnership was dissolved in 1830, Atkinson continuing at the old premises and Robertson moving to 188 Trongate. He married Frances Aitken daughter of a Glasgow builder in 1826. They had three daughters and a son, also David, who succeeded him in the business. Published many books of local interest, notably the book of Scottish jokes and anecdotes known as The Laird of Logan, a good part of which were of his own composition, and the collection of new Scottish verse under the title of Whistle Binkie, the last of which appeared in five parts and had added to it Songs for the Nursery in 1846. He died of cholera in 1854.
    Glas Dir; Pigot 1825; 1837; DNB; Preface to Thomas Atkinson. Three nights in Perthshire. Glasgow printed for private circulation 1821; reprinted 1887.
  • ROBERTSON, David pianoforte and music warehouse Glasgow
    76 St Vincent Street 1844-47
    workshops Stirling Street, Port Dundas 1849
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, David bookseller librarian & bookbinder Perth
    94 High Street 1852 & librarian of the Mechanics Library 93 High Street 1852
    Slater 1852
  • ROBERTSON, E. engraver and lithographer Edinburgh
    102 South Bridge 1850
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, Ebenezer and John printers and booksellers Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1759
    Their shop the first below the Exchange 1760-63
    Parliament Close South side, opposite the Statue May 1763
    Ebenezer Robertson son to John Robertson printer, apprenticed to Thomas Lumsden printer 11 July 1750. Burgess as apprentice to Thomas Lumsden, printer (11 July 1750) 19 February 1755. John Robertson, son to deceased John Robertson printer, apprenticed to Thomas Lumsden printer 5 November 1752. Burgess as apprentice to Thomas Lumsdean printer 7 January 1761; Guild Brother 23 October 28 January 1778. "Deaths... Feb. 7 at Edinburgh, Mr Ebenezer Robertson printer there." Edinburgh Museum January 1764. 'Books lent out at 10s per year, 1s.6d per month, 3s per quarter, or 1d per night'; they sold 'Chapmens-books'.
    Caledonian Mercury 27 August 1760; 1 April 1761; 2 January 1762; 14 May 1763; EdinPren; EdinBurg; Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind
  • ROBERTSON, Francis bookseller Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1766
    Parliament Close 1767
    Married Elizabeth daughter to deceast John Young of Newhall 22 March 1767.
    NLS Impr Ind; EdinMarr
  • ROBERTSON, J. printer Edinburgh
    Printing Office in the Fish Market Close 1764
    Caledonian Mercury 12 May 1764
  • ROBERTSON, J. musical repository Glasgow
    16 Brunswick Place 1840
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, J. and J. bookseller Edinburgh
    First shop below Highland Society Hall, High Street 1808-10
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, J.& W. embossers and lithographers Glasgow
    68 Glassford Street 1849
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, J. L. bookseller, circulating library and toy dealer Airdrie
    7 Stirling Street 1852
    Slater 1852
  • ROBERTSON, James bookseller Blairgowrie
    Allan Street 1852
    Slater 1852
  • ROBERTSON, James bookbinder Dalkeith
    High Street West 1836-39
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1837
  • ROBERTSON, James bookbinder Dumfries
    27 Buccleuch-street 1820
    Pigot 1820
  • ROBERTSON (ROBINSON), James bookseller Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1721
    Opposite the Cross 1723
    North side of the Street, over against the Cross 1724
    Over against the Cross-Well 1728
    Edinburgh 1730-32
    Mr James Robertson bookbinder admitted Burgess and Guild Brother of Edinburgh 31 August 1720. "Mr James Robertson Bookseller now Minr in Edr" (National Library of Scotland Ms 763) in "Debts for Books sold by Mr Thomas Ruddiman this 19 May 1736". He was not apparently a Minister of the Church of Scotland. Carnie & Doig I.
    EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind
  • ROBERTSON, James bookbinder Edinburgh
    Canongate 1778
    Married Helen daughter to James Ranken farmer, Kirk of Shotts in Canongate Kirk 18 October 1778.
    CanonMarr
  • ROBERTSON, James printer and bookseller Edinburgh
    South Bridge 1790
    James Robertson and Walter Berry bookseller Shop 39 South Bridge; Printing office 4 Horse Wynd 1792-99
    James Robertson 3 Leith Street, East Side and 4 Horsewynd 1799-1803
    4 Horse Wynd, 6 Leith Street and 65 South Bridge Denovan's 1804
    4 Horse Wynd and 15 Nicolson's Street 1805-06
    16 Nicholson Street 1807-8
    16 and 17 Nicolson Street 1809
    16 Nicolson Street 1810
    30 Nicolson Street 1811-15
    Mrs [J.] Robertson same address 1816-20
    38 Nicolson Street 1821-22
    30 Nicolson Street 1823-26
    Mrs J. Robertson bookseller and stationer 37 West Nicholson Street 1827
    Indicted with Walter Berry for Publishing a seditious pamphlet in 1792 and imprisoned. Printed and published a variety of books, including popular booklets and chapbooks. Admitted to Sanctuary for debt at Holyroodhouse 2 June 1808. Bankrupt in 1809, he paid 14s in the pound to his creditors. Edinburgh Evening Courant 18 March 1809. Burgess in right of father John Robertson wine merchant 5 September 1809; Guild Brother 26 November 1817. Sequestration in SRO 1829. Apprentice: Thomas Oliver, Burgess 20 March 1817.
    Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; Chapbook Printers; Cadell; EdinBurg; SRO CS96/821
  • ROBERTSON, James engraver Edinburgh
    Lawnmarket 1806-13
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, James printer Edinburgh
    West Bow 1808
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, James bookseller Edinburgh
    7 Parliament Square 1816-21
    Robertson, West and Company same address 1822
    James Robertson & Co same address 1823-24
    8 St Andrew Street [Square] 1825-29
    7 South Saint David's Street 1830
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, James bookseller Edinburgh
    2 High School Yards 1833-53
    Gray 1833; Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, James printer and bookseller Glasgow
    John and James Robertson Saltmarket 1774-82
    James and Matthew Robertson same address 1782-1809
    13 East side Saltmarket Jones's Glasgow Directory 1787-9
    95 Saltmarket 1790
    Saltmarket 1801
    18 Saltmarket 1803-7
    20 Saltmarket 1808-9
    Burgess and Guild Brother as third son to John Robertson junior bookbinder 3 July 1772. Matthew Robertson merchant Burgess and Guild Brother as fourth son to John Robertson junior bookbinder 3 July 1772. One of the principal printers of chapbooks in Scotland from 1782 onwards. From at least 1777 they were publishing children's books, most of which are reprints of titles published by John Newbery of London. They also imported them from England. Apprentice: John Lyon merchant Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice to James and Matthew Robertson booksellers 8 April 1808.
    GlasBurg; Glas Dir; Chapbook Printers; Adam McNaughtan. 'A century of Saltmarket literature, 1790-1890' in Six centuries of the provincial book trade, edited by Peter Isaac. Winchester, 1990.
  • ROBERTSON, James music seller Glasgow
    16 Brunswick Place 1837
    Pigot 1837
  • ROBERTSON, James & Son manufacturers of marble and fancy paper Glasgow
    95 Argyll Street 1840
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, James bookseller Perth
    George-street 1820
    Pigot 1820
  • ROBERTSON, James B. printer Aberdeen
    Aberdeen 1841-46
    Journeyman with John Avery 1843, and with James Daniel 1844 perhaps Daniel's junior partner.
    Beavan
  • ROBERTSON, James Lindsay bookseller and circulating library Edinburgh
    Cowgate 1837
    Pigot 1837
  • ROBERTSON, Jane bookseller and librarian Stranraer
    George Street 1852
    Librarian of the Stranraer Library and the Theological Library
    Slater 1852
  • ROBERTSON, John bookbinder Dundee
    5 Nethergate 1822
    Nethergate 1824
    Matthewsons Close 1825
    Dundee Delin; Dundee 1824; Pigot 1825
  • ROBERTSON, John printer and bookseller Edinburgh
    Thomas Lumisden and John Robertson printer Edinburgh 1722
    Fish Market 1725-47
    Thomas Lumisden and Company same address 1747-56
    Thomas Lumisden and Ebenezer Robertson same address 1757
    Ebenezer and John Robertson Edinburgh 1759
    Their shop the first below the Exchange 1760-63
    Parliament Close South side May 1763
    John Robertson printer and bookseller Fish-Market 1764
    Edinburgh 1767-72
    Back Stairs Parliament Close 1773-83
    Printer of the Caledonian Mercury 1775-88
    Old Fish-market Close 1784-91
    John Robertson printer in North Kirk Parish married Helen Cock daughter of William Cock printer in South South-East Kirk Parish 12 June 1719; Ebenezer Robertson son to John Robertson printer was apprenticed to Thomas Lumsden printer 11 July 1750; John Robertson son to deceased John Robertson printer was apprenticed to Thomas Lumsden printer 5 November 1752; Ebenezer Robertson was admitted Burgess of Edinburgh 19 February 1755; John Robertson married Helen daughter to Thomas Allan tenant in Kirkliston 25 December 1763. Ebenezer Robertson printer at Edinburgh died 7 February 1764. Edinburgh Museum January 1764. John Robertson was admitted Burgess 7 January 1761 and Guild Brother 28 January 1778. He was 'trustee for John Wood, bookseller' Caledonian Mercury 6 March 1762. His printing office is in the Fish Market Close Caledonian Mercury 12 May 1764. 'November 30th 1771. Information for John Mackenzie of Delvine ... trustees appointed by widow of Thomas Ruddiman against John Robertson; Information for John Robertson ... defender 'Mr Robertson compounded the matter with the trustees'. In 1773 John Robertson's imprint proclaims him successor to Tho. and Wal. Ruddiman.
    NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; EdinMarr
  • ROBERTSON, John printer Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1796-1816
    Married Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Thomson mariner in Leith 22 September 1796. Apprentices: George Caw, Burgess 4 December 1804; George Panton, Burgess 29 November 1816.
    EdinMarr; EdinBurg
  • ROBERTSON, John seal engraver Edinburgh
    Fountainwell 1805-22
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John bookseller Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1809
    Burgess in right of father John Robertson wine merchant 5 September 1809
    EdinBurg
  • ROBERTSON, John bookseller and stationer Edinburgh
    132 High Street 1813-24
    132 High Street and 1 South St David's Street 1825
    1 South St David's Street 1826-30
    and musicseller 1 South St David Street 1831-33
    39 and 47 Princes Street 1834-35
    39 Princes Street 1836-42
    Burgess and Guild Brother as apprentice to N.R. Cheyne bookseller 6 April 1816. Initial only Edin Dir 1840.
    Edin Dir; EdinBurg; Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837
  • ROBERTSON, John lithographic printer Edinburgh
    13 South Union Place 1820-21
    19 Greenside Place 1822
    [John] Robertson & [Walter] Ballantyne 20 Greenside Place 1823-24
    18 Greenside Place 1825-27
    Walter Ballantyne 18 Greenside Place 1828
    Schenck says 19 Greenside Place instead of 20 and 18.
    Edin Dir; Schenck
  • ROBERTSON, John engraver and copperplate printer Edinburgh
    2 South Niddry Street 1824
    1 South Niddry Street 1825
    6 Brighton Street 1834
    Edin Dir; Pigot 1825
  • ROBERTSON, John engraver Edinburgh
    243 High Street 1825
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John engraver Edinburgh
    12 North Richmond Street 1825
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John engraver Edinburgh
    of Robertson and Ballantyne 7 Elm Row 1826
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John engraver Edinburgh
    Old Physics Gardens 1827-29
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON [ROBINSON?], John engraver Edinburgh
    6 Brighton Street 1833-35
    Appears in Gray 1833 as Robinson, but correctly in Gray 1834.
    Edin Dir; Gray 1833, 1834,1835
  • ROBERTSON, John stationer Glasgow
    Glasgow 1697-1704
    Burgess by right of master 6 December 1697. Guild Brother [already being Burgess as serving apprentice with George Lawrie stationer] same right 6 April 1704.
    GlasBurg
  • ROBERTSON, John bookbinder Glasgow
    In the middle of the Salt-Mercat 1705
    Glasgow 1728
    To sell William Jamieson's Cyprianus Isotimus. Edinburgh Courant 23 March 1705. Apprentices: John, Robertson son of James Robertson labourer of Strablain, apprenticed to John Robertson stationer and bookbinder in Glasgow 1714; John Robertson younger bookbinder Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with John Robertson elder bookbinder 30 May 1728; Alexander Thomson, son of Andrew Thomson schoolmaster, apprenticed to John Robertson stationer and bookbinder in Glasgow 1723; John Backenan [Buchanan], son of John Backenan, apprenticed to John Robertson stationer and bookbinder in Glasgow 1726; Robert Smith, son of John Smith, apprenticed to John Robertson senior stationer and bookbinder in Glasgow 1728; Robert Smith Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with John Robertson bookbinder 4 September 1740.
    NLS Impr Ind; GlasBurg; Maxted
  • ROBERTSON, John younger bookbinder Glasgow
    Glasgow 1728-58
    John Robertson, son of James Robertson labourer of Strablain, apprenticed to John Robertson stationer and bookbinder in Glasgow 1714. Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with John Robertson elder bookbinder 30 May 1728. John Robertson Burgess and Guild Brother as eldest son to John Robertson bookbinder 27 February 1755. William Robertson weaver Burgess and Guild Brother as second son to John Robertson younger bookbinder 2 May 1751. Apprentice: Alexander M'Lemon apprenticed to John Robertson bookbinder in Glasgow 1758.
    GlasBurg; Maxted
  • ROBERTSON, John bookseller and printer Glasgow
    John Robertson junior Glasgow 1732
    At Shakespeare's Head in the Salt Mercat 1758
    John Robertson Salt Mercat 1768-69
    Glasgow 1770-74
    John and James Robertson Salt Market 1774-82
    James and Matthew same address 1782-99
    20 Salt Market 1800-9
    Jones's Directory gives the address as No 13 East side in 1787.
    James Robertson bookseller Burgess and Guild Brother as third son to John Robertson junior bookbinder 3 July 1772. Matthew Robertson merchant Burgess and Guild Brother as fourth son to John Robertson junior bookbinder 3 July 1772. The Robertsons were sending books to James Magee of Belfast in 1777. One return parcel was wrongly seized by a shore officer. Apprentice: John Baird printer Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with John Robertson bookseller 22 April 1794.
    NLS Impr Ind; McDougall. Smugglers
  • ROBERTSON, John printer and bookseller Glasgow
    John Robertson and Mrs Mclean in the Middle of the Salt Market 1739-53
    John Robertson senior same address 1753-55
    Near the head of the Salt-Mercat 1757-64
    John and James Robertson Saltmarket 1774-82
    Burgess and Guild Brother as eldest son to John Robertson bookbinder 27 February 1755. One of the principal printers of chapbooks in Scotland from 1782 onwards. From at least 1777 they were publishing children's books, most of which are reprints of titles published by John Newbery of London.. They were also imported children's books from England in quantity.
    NLS Impr Ind; GlasBurg; Chapbook Printers
  • ROBERTSON, John stationer and librarian Glasgow
    6 Main Street, Gorbals 1828
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John bookseller, stationer and librarian Glasgow
    144 Argyll Street 1835-40
    Glas Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John paper and rag merchant Glasgow
    118 Candleriggs 1835-37
    Glas Dir; Pigot 1837
  • ROBERTSON, John lithographer Glasgow
    20 St Enoch Square 1847-48
    J[ohn] & W[illiam] Robertson embossers and lithographers 68 Glassford Street 1849
    20 Hutcheson Street 1850-51
    36/38 Dunlop Street 1852-59
    221 Buchanan Street 1860-66
    3 Bath Street 1867-82
    Glas Dir; Schenck
  • ROBERTSON, John bookbinder Montrose
    Shore Wynd 1820
    High Street 1825
    Pigot 1820; 1825
  • ROBERTSON, John and James booksellers Edinburgh
    First shop below Highland Society Hall, High Street 1808-10
    138 High Street 1811-15
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John E. engraver and lithographer Edinburgh
    25 North Bridge 1843-45
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, John E. engraver and lithographer Edinburgh
    102 South Bridge 1850-54
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, Joseph newspaper office Edinburgh
    of the Courant Office 23 Buccleuch Place 1850-53
    no trade same address 1854
    of General Register House same address 1855-66
    LL.D. 1865
    Edin Dir
  • ROBERTSON, Joseph stationer, librarian, and post-office receiving house Glasgow
    19 New Bridge Street, Tradeston 1835-37
    Glas Dir; Pigot 1837
  • ROBERTSON, Mary bookseller Edinburgh
    16 Nicolson-street 1820
    30 Nicolson Street 1825
    Pigot 1820; 1825
  • ROBERTSON, Matthew printer and bookseller Glasgow
    John and James Robertson Saltmarket 1774-82
    James and Matthew Robertson same address 1782-1809
    13 East side Saltmarket Jones's Glasgow Directory 1787-9
    95 Saltmarket 1790
    Saltmarket 1801
    18 Saltmarket 1803-7
    20 Saltmarket 1808-9
    Matthew Robertson merchant Burgess and Guild Brother as fourth son to John Robertson junior bookbinder 3 July 1772. One of the principal printers of chapbooks in Scotland from 1782 onwards. From at least 1777 they were publishing children's books, most of which are reprints of titles published by John Newbery of London. They also imported them from England. Apprentice: John Lyon merchant Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice to James and Matthew Robertson booksellers 8 April 1808.
    GlasBurg; Glas Dir; Chapbook Printers; Adam McNaughtan. 'A century of Saltmarket literature, 1790-1890' in Six centuries of the provincial book trade, edited by Peter Isaac. Winchester, 1990.
  • ROBERTSON, Peter bookbinder Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1773
    Married Ann daughter of deceast James Forbes lintdresser 19 September 1773.
    EdinMarr
  • ROBERTSON, Robert chapman Glasgow
    Glasgow? 1762
    An edition of A copy of several conferences betwixt The Rev. Mr Ogilvie and the ghost of the Laird of Cool was printed for him in Glasgow in 1762.
    Frank Miller 'The Laird of Coul's Ghost: a Galloway Chap-Book.' Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society 1927
  • ROBERTSON, Roger bookseller Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1696-1708
    At the foot of Bell's Wynd 1709
    bookbinder Edinburgh 1711-24?
    Son to deceased Rodger Robertson, Joiner in Cadwell in England, apprenticed to James Reid bookbinder 7 April 1686. Burgess as apprentice to James Reid bookbinder 5 February 1696. Catonis disticha de moribus was printed for him by John Moncur in 1709. Married Henrietta Selkrig, daughter of the late Mr William Selkrig, Minister at Falkland 22 February 1711. Widow Henrietta Selkrig married Yaxly Davidson merchant 28 February 1725. Apprentice: Hugh Hay 8 March 1710.
    EdinPren; EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind; EdinMarr
  • ROBERTSON, T. printer Haddington
    Haddington 1829
    Printed a broadside Horrid murder. An account of the barbarous and inhuman murder of Mrs Franks ... 28th of October, 1829.
    Chapbook Printers
  • ROBERTSON, Thomas bookseller Dundee
    Dundee 1747
    Sold copies of The Act of Parliament ratifying the Confessions of Faith. Glasgow, 1747.
    NLS Impr Ind
  • ROBERTSON, Thomas printer Edinburgh
    Edinburgh Gazette, Back Stairs 1780
    Edinburgh 1782
    Burgess and Guild Brother in right of father John Robertson printer 25 April 1782
    Edin Dir; EdinBurg
  • ROBERTSON, Thomas paper maker Lasswade
    Lasswade 1800
    Daughter Janet married Alexander Stevenson labourer in Canongate Kirk 9 September 1800.
    CanonMarr
  • ROBERTSON, William bookseller and stationer Aberdeen
    Aberdeen 1811-19
    Broad-street 1820
    Lycaeum Reading Rooms 1822
    and circulating library 19 Broad Street 1824-31
    Bankrupt 1831. Business bought by John Russel who had been an employee of Robertson.
    Beavan; Pigot 1820; 1825
  • ROBERTSON, William bookseller and bookbinder Blairgowrie
    Allan Street 1837
    bookseller & printer High Street 1852
    Pigot 1837; Slater 1852
  • ROBERTSON, William paper maker East Calder
    East Mill 1825
    New Calder Mill, Mid Calder 1825-32
    In the 1825 Mill List this is given as New Calder Mill, which was in Mid Calder. In 1852 it was in the possession of Adam Robertson.
    Pigot 1825; Pigot 1837; Thomson
  • ROBERTSON, William printer Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1704-before 1727
    Servant to James Watson printer married Janet Chalmers, daughter of the late Alexander Chalmers writer 9 July 1704. Widow, Janet Chalmers, married Thomas Bennet cordiner 18 May 1727.
    EdinMarr
  • ROBERTSON, William printer Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1773
    Married Jean Mathie daughter of deceased John Mathew farmer in Elphingston in Canongate Kirk 4 December 1773.
    CanonMarr
  • ROBERTSON, William printer Edinburgh
    Edinburgh 1788
    Burgess and Guild brother as apprentice to Messrs Robert Fleming senior and junior printers 12 June 1788.
    EdinBurgh