- MUNDELL, Catherine. Mrs printer Edinburgh
Old Excise Office 1777-80
Mundell & Robert Wilson junior Back Stairs June 1780-1789
Widow of Robert Mundell dead before 27 January 1777. May have continued in Mundell & Wilson & later firms.
NLS Impr Ind - MUNDELL, J. printseller Edinburgh
60 Princes Street 1845
Edin Dir - MUNDELL, James printer Edinburgh
Mrs Mundell & Son (sometimes J.[ames]) Back Stairs (Parliament Stairs) 1789-1800
Mundell's Printing House Parliament Stairs 1799-1804
Mrs Mundell Doig & Stevenson same address 1806-14
Fire broke out 15 March 1795 damage not very considerable.
NLS Impr Ind - MUNDELL, James printer and bookseller Glasgow
University Printer Glasgow College 1796-99
Ayton Court Old Vennal 1799-1800
Retired 1799. Sale of stock Glasgow Courier 22 January 1799. Died 22 August 1800. Caledonian Mercury 30 August 1800
NLS Impr Ind - MUNDELL, John artists' colourman, printseller and fancy
stationer Edinburgh
60 Princes Street 1833-45
'Successor to W. Swinton' 1833. Burgess and Guild Brother 12 April 1841.
Edin Dir; EdinBurg; Pigot 1837 - MUNDELL, John bookseller, stationer, artist, colourman, and
printseller to Her Majesty Edinburgh
7 South St Andrews Street 1850
Edin Dir - MUNDELL, Robert printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1771
Brodie's Close Lawnmarket 1773
Old Excise Office Cowgate 1774-75
Mrs Mundell 1777-1780
Burgess by right of father James Mundell schoolmaster 22 December 1762; He was sued by William Johnston of London in 1773 for printing a pirated edition of Smollett's Humphry Clinker. Will registered 30 August 1776.
EdinBurg; Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; EdinTest; McDougall. Smugglers - MUNRO [C. Sharp] & LOURIE stationers, bookbinders and
account-book manufacturers Edinburgh
7 Castle Street 1843-45
4 Gardners Crescent 1846
C. Sharp Munro occurs in the main sequence Edin Dir 1846 as '(M. & Lawrie) 4 Gardners Crescent' there are no other entries for the firm, and 7 Castle Street is a 'victual dealer'.
Edin Dir - MONRO [MUNRO], Alexander circulating library
Edinburgh
Nicolson's Street 1794
28 Nicolson's Street 1795-97
12 Nicolson's Street West side 1799
15 Nicolson's Street West side 1800-02
85 Nicolson's Street 1803
81 Nicolson's Street 1804-09
86 Nicolson's Street 1810
59 Nicolson Street 1811-12
'Died at his house, Nicholson's Street on the 10th of June, Mr Alexander Monro, bookseller'. Edinburgh Evening Courant 19 June 1813.
Edin Dir - MUNRO, C. Sharp stationer Edinburgh
7 Castle Street 1844-45
4 Gardner's Crescent 1846
of Munro & Lourie.
Edin Dir - MUNRO Colin & Co printer and newspaper printer
Dumfries
129 High-street 1820
Pigot 1820 - MUNRO, Colin & Co printer and newspaper printer
Stirling
Stirling Journal Spittal Street 1825
C. Munro junior & Co same address 1837
King Street 1852
Publishers of The Stirling Journal 1825 Stirling Journal & Advertiser 1837-52
Pigot 1825; 1837; Slater 1852 - MUNRO, George bookbinder Edinburgh
6 Mound Place 1834
Gray 1834 - MUNRO, George engraver, copperplate printer and
lithographer Glasgow
17 Nelson Street Trongate 1835-38
79 Trongate 1839
59 Trongate 1840-51
Shared premises with James Kerr 1841-46.
Glas Dir; Pigot 1837; Schenck - MUNRO, H. journeyman bookbinder Edinburgh
Milne's Square 1839
23 Rose Street 1840
Preses of the Bookbinders Benefit Society 1832-34 and 1836-37
Edin Dir - MUNRO, Henry bookseller and stationer Edinburgh
29 Princes Street 1840-41
Edin Dir - MUNRO, John stationer and bookbinder Edinburgh
38 West Register Street 1845-46
of Wilson & Co dressing-case, desk and pocket-book makers 71 George Street - house address 6 Malta Terrace 1847-48
Edin Dir - MUNRO, William bookseller and printer Aberdeen
52 Spital 1824
50 Spital 1828
51 Spital 1837
Aberdeen 1838-39
Beavan; Pigot 1837 - MUNSIE, Robert newspaper publisher GLasgow
Scottish Guardian 1837
78 Miller Street 1840-44
94 Miller Street 1847
Glas Dir; Pigot 1837 - MURCHIE, John bookseller, stationer and librarian
Glasgow
93 Main Street, Anderston 1844
newsvender, stationer and librarian same address 1847-49
Christian name from street directory Glas Dir 1844.
Glas Dir - MURCHIESON, Donald printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1749
Manlius or the brave adventurer has imprint Edinburgh 'printed by Donald Murchieson for Fergus Philabeg 1749' probably false.
NLS Impr Ind - MURDIE, Charles engraver Edinburgh
7 Shakespeare Square 1833-34
Edin Dir - MURDOCH, Alexander bookseller Aberdeen
46 Dee Street 1838
6 Flourmill Brae 1840
36 St Nicholas Street 1841-42
New Market 1842-43
36 St Nicholas Street 1844-45
6 Flourmill Brae 1845
1-2 Market Gallery 1852-60
Beavan - MURDOCH, Archibald librarian Glasgow
42 Brunswick Place 1809
Glas Dir - MURDOCH, Charles seal engraver Edinburgh
45 Princes Street 1829-31
5 North Bridge 1832
7 Shakespeare Square 1833-35
30 West Register Street 1836-38
25 George Street 1839-44
11 George Street 1845
10 North St Andrews Street 1846-48
4 North St Andrews Street 1849-53
4 George Street 1854-57
Charles Murdoch and Son same address 1858-66
51 Hanover Street 1867-95
Charles O. Murdoch same address 1896
3 West Register Street Gray 1836; 'and general sculpt.' Edin Dir 1839 'and gem sculptor' Edin Dir 1842-45
Edin Dir; Pigot 1837 - MURDOCH, David blind man from Glasgow
from Glasgow 1787
The National Library of Scotland has four pamphlets of religious verse by David Murdoch. The saint's faith in Christ is probably the earliest. In it David Murdoch describes himself as 'a blind boy'. Only one of them is dated, and that is Zion's traveller; or, The Christian's daily walking with God, when on his journey through the wilderness to the Holy Land. That has the imprint 'Printed for David Murdoch, a blind Man from Glasgow, 1787', so it is presumably later then The saint's faith. The other two are Meditations in watches of the night and A vision. Or, hidden things revealed in a silent grove. Neither are dated or give a place of publication.
Chapbook Printers - MURDOCH, George printer Edinburgh
44 Cowgate [Head] 1837-52
Edin Dir - MURDOCH, John printer, bookseller and stationer
Glasgow
Alexander Cameron & John Murdoch 102 Trongate 1795-8
John Murdoch 31 M'Nair's Land Trongate 1798
Trongate 1799-1800
End of partnership Glasgow Courier 3 July 1798.
NLS Impr Ind - MURDOCH, Robert paper maker Hailes
Redhall Mill 1727
Married Agnes White daughter of James White surgeon in Bo'ness 30 June 1727.
EdinMarr - MURPHY, A. W. lithographer Glasgow
62 North Frederick Street 1850-51
Schenck - MURPHY, James printer Edinburgh
3 West Bow 1823
Riddle's Close 322 Lawnmarket 1824
7 James Court 1828-35
Allan's Court 1836
'house - Riddle's Close' New Dir 1824.
Edin Dir - MURPHY, Thomas paper chrystal china and rag warehouse
Edinburgh
china warehouse 2 Cowgate Head 1819-23
and paper chrystal and rags same address 1824-39
Mrs Murphy same address 1840
Miss Murphy same address 1841-47
Edin Dir - MURPHY, William engraver and copperplate printer
Edinburgh
209 High Street 1826-29
62 Thistle Street 1830
142 High Street 1831-32
219 High Street 1833-34
129 High Street 1835
62 Thistle Street 1837-42
Old Assembly Close 170 High Street 1843-44
and lithographic printer same address 1845-50
8 Roxburgh Street 1851-53
Burgess in right of James Kirkwood & Son engravers and copperplate printers 30 October 1839; apprenticed same day as from 15 June 1812. Not in Edin Dir 1835-36
Edin Dir; Gray 1835; Pigot 1837 - MURRAY & CO printers and timetable publishing
office Glasgow
16 St Enoch Square 1847
'bookseller' in street directory Glas Dir 1847.
Glas Dir - MURRAY [William] & BONNARD stationers
Glasgow
Argyles Street 1817
William Murray was one of the partners in William Murray & Co merchants and of Murray and Bonnard stationers Argyle Street Burgess and Guild Brother by purchase 11 September 1817.
GlasBurg - MURRAY and COCHRAN printers Edinburgh
[Alexander] Murray and [James] Cochran, Craig's Close 1773-1820
Murray & Mitchell same address 1821-29
Edin Dir - MURRAY & COWAN printer Edinburgh
377 High Street 1850-51
Edin Dir - MURRAY & GIBB printers Edinburgh
21 George Street 1841-44
North East Thistle Street Lane 1845-70
11 Queen Street 1871-78
Morrison & Gibb same address 1879-90
and Tanfirld Works 1891-20th Century
W.O. Gibb of Morrison & Gibb Edin Dir 1880 and W. O. Morrison Edin Dir 1880.
Edin Dir - MURRAY & MITCHELL printers Edinburgh
Craig's Close 1821-29
'Murrays & Mitchell' 1821-23.
Edin Dir; Pigot 1825 - MURRAY, Alexander printer Edinburgh
W Sands A Brymer Alexander Murray & James Cochran 1739-43
W Sands A Murray & J Cochran 1744-55
Burnet's Close 1745
Craig's Close 1754
Sands Donaldson Murray & Cochran same address 1755-59
Sands Murray & Cochran same address 1758-69
A. Murray & J. Cochran same address 1769-1820
Alexander Murray & James Mitchell same address 1821-9
Alexander Murray married Margaret Robertson daughter of the late James Robertson litster in Perth 26 May 1734. Burgess and Guild Brother, dispensing with omission to book his indentures as apprentice to Mr Walter Ruddiman, printer, by Act of Council 15 November 1738. Burgess and Guild Brother as apprentice to Mr Thomas Ruddiman 11 April 1739. Married Katharin daughter to Thomas White shipmaster in Anstruther 16 June 1751. Married Miss Jean daughter to John Loch of Carnbee 30 June 1765. Miss Katherine daughter of deceased Alexander Murray married James Mitchell printer 7 September 1781. Alexander Murray died 17 May 1781. Will registered 26 May 1785. Apprentices: John Reid 2 September 1761, Burgess 2 Sepember 1761; John Orphoot, Burgess 1 April 1808; Andrew Jack, Burgess 26 November 1829; Robert Syme, Guild Brother as apprentice to Murray & Cochrane printers 12 March 1830; apprenticed same day as from 23 April 1810.
EdinMarr; EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; EdinTest; EdinPren - MURRAY, Alexander printer Edinburgh
16 Hart Street 1836
373 High Street 1837
377 High Street 1838-45
of The Observer. Burgess 27 March 1841.
Edin Dir; EdinBurg - MURRAY, Alexander newspaper office and printer
Kirkcaldy
Alexander Murray Fifeshire Journal Office Kirkcaldy 1833-January 1836
Murray was the first editor and printer of The Fifeshire Journal, a tory rejoinder to the whig Fife Herald. He was an Edinburgh journalist who had worked on The Edinburgh Correspondent, and The Edinburgh Courant before taking on The Journal. He died in 1853.
Campbell Journal - MURRAY, Andrew printer Edinburgh
1 Milne Square 1842-48
11 Hanover Street 1849
Edin Dir - MURRAY, Andrew printer Kelso
Market Place 1852
Foreman of The Kelso Chronicle Office
Slater 1852 - MURRAY, David bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1753
The Union. Edinburgh printed for Archibald Monro & David Murray 1753. False imprint see Review of English Studies xix 263 (1943).
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, Douglas bookseller & library
Helensburgh
West Clyde Street 1852
Slater 1852
MURRAY, George stationer Edinburgh
of P. & W. Macniven 10 Buccleugh Place 1845-46
7 Newington Place 1847-51
7 Blacket Place 1852-55
4 Salisbury Road 1856-58
wholesale stationer 19 Blair Street 1859-65
42 Hanover Street 1866-70
Murray, Harvey & Co same address 1871-73
40-42 Hanover Street 1874-77
15 Clyde Street 1878-84
Of P. & W. Macniven Edin Dir 1845-58
Edin Dir- MURRAY, George bookseller Montrose
Montrose 1798-99
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, Gregor paper maker Auchterarder
Milton Bog Mill, Auchterarder 1820-25
Mill No 3, not in Mill List 1832.
Pigot 1820; 1825; Thomson; Ewen Jardine. 'The history of paper mills in Central Scotland'. IPH Yearbook vol.7 1988 81-93 - MURRAY, Henry stationer Edinburgh
11 Bristo Street 1846-48
Edin Dir - MURRAY, Hugh bookseller Edinburgh
87 West Bow 1837
Gray 1837 - MURRAY, J. publisher Glasgow
47 Gallowgate 1840
Appears as sole publisher of An account of the melancholy death of seven young men, who fell victims to their own drunken resolutions, whereby they were all drowned, near Dumbarton, on a sabbath excursion. 1840.
Chapbook Printers - MURRAY, James bookseller Crieff
Old Square 1825
High Street 1837
Pigot 1825; 1837 - MURRAY, James general merchant and circulating library
Dalbeattie
Dalbeattie 1825
'Doubtful; cousin to Mr Jn Anderson B.S. Dumfries. May be trusted £10 a General Merchant & keeps a Library' Oliver and Boyd Travellers Logbook NLS Acc.5000/78. Dalbeattie not in Pigot 1820 or 1821. James Murray Draper, Grocer and Spirit Dealer Pigot 1825; not in Pigot 1837.
Bell; Pigot 1825 - MURRAY, James printer Edinburgh
Head of Barrenger's Close 1777
Edin Dir - MURRAY, James printer and auctioneer Edinburgh
Old Exchange Stairs Parliament Square 1778-79
Opposite the foot of Forrester's Wynd Cowgate 1780-84
Married Helen daughter of Robert Dewar writing master 26 October 1777. Printed two editions of The Scots Nightingale 1778 and 1779 and The lives of George and Joseph Westons, two notorious highwaymen in 1783.
EdinMarr; Chapbook Printers; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir - MURRAY, James bookbinder Edinburgh
Middle College Wynd 1807-20
23 College-wynd 1820
Edin Dir; Pigot 1820 - MURRAY, Jane bookseller Montrose
High-street 1820-25
Pigot 1820; 1825 - MURRAY, John apprentice bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1717
Son to Colonel John Murray, apprenticed to George Stewart bookseller 12 June 1717.
EdinPren - MURRAY, John printer Edinburgh
[house] 5 Murray Street, Crosscauseway 1812-22
Edin Dir - MURRAY, John seal engraver Edinburgh
10 North Richmond Street 1829
Edin Dir - MURRAY, John engraver and copperplate printer
Edinburgh
31 Broughton Place 1837
Pigot 1837 - MURRAY, Joseph bookseller and stationer Glasgow
Thomas Murray 8 Argyll Street 1828-47
Joseph Murray same address 1847-49
The business appears separately under both in the main entry in Glas Dir 1847, but in the street directory and the trade index only under Thomas. They have different house addresses which are matched in the Street Directory.
Glas Dir - MURRAY, Joseph bookseller stationer and librarian
Paisley
3 High Street 1837-38
Pigot 1837; Paisley 1838 - MURRAY, M. printer Edinburgh
house 21 Heriot Row New Dir 1824
Edin Dir - MURRAY, Mungo printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1782
Burgess and Guild Brother in right of father Alexander Murray printer 18 April 1782.
EdinBurg - MURRAY, Mungo printer Edinburgh
Royal Bank Close 1811
Supplement Edin Dir 1811.
Edin Dir - MURRAY, R. printer Edinburgh
Bell & Murray Merlin's Wynd 1776-81
Succeeded by Gordon & Neill.
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, Robert bookseller Edinburgh
At Mr Gordon's bookseller Parliament Close 1772-6
Ware Room Carruber's Close 1777-8
Edinburgh 1779-81
Died 14 March 1782. Scots Magazine March 1782.
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, Thomas printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1786
Burgess and Guild Brother in right of father Alexander Murray printer 19 October 1786
EdinBurg - MURRAY, Thomas bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1799
Love of Christ a poem printed for him 1799.
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, Thomas printer Edinburgh
Royal Bank Close 1811
Edin Dir - MURRAY [Thomas] & BONNARD booksellers, stationers and
lottery office Glasgow
641 Argyle-street 1818-19
Thomas Murray same address 1820-25
8 Argyle Street 1828-47
Joseph Murray same address 1847-49
Pigot 1820 gives Murray & Bonnard, but Glas Dir for that year shows Thomas Murray. The business appears separately under both in the main entry in Glas Dir 1847, but in the street directory and the trade index only under Thomas. They have different house addresses which are matched in the street directory.
Glas Dir; Pigot 1820; 1825 - MURRAY, Thomas printer Greenock
Greenock 1789-90
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, W. bookseller Inverness
Inverness 1759-60
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, William printer Aberdeen
Francis Douglass & William Murray Broadgate 1753-57
NLS Impr Ind - MURRAY, William bookseller & printer
Coldstream
Coldstream 1852
Slater 1852 - MURRAY, William printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1766
Married Elizabeth daughter of deceast Adam Paterson brewer 13 April 1766.
EdinMarr - MURRAY, William printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1793
Married Jean daughter of Laurence M'Leran 26 January 1793.
EdinMarr - MURRAY, William bookseller Edinburgh
10 Parliament Close 1797
Son of Mr David Murray, Writer, apprentice to Elphinstone Balfour, bookseller May 1797. Royal Edinburgh Volunteer 1795. Burgess as apprentice to Elphinstone Balfour bookseller May 1797; apprentice the same day. Married Elizabeth daughter of James Rae farmer in Canongate Kirk 20 April 1798.
EdinPren; Edin Dir; NLS Impr Ind; EdinBurg; CanonMarr - MURRAY, William bookbinder Edinburgh
Galloway's Close 1830
Allan's Close, [269] High Street 1831-35
11 George Street 1836-37
12 Rose Street 1838-39
Edin Dir ; Pigot 1837 - MURRAY, William merchant Glasgow
Murray and Bonnard Argyle Street 1817
One of the partners in William Murray & Co merchants and of Murray and Bonnard stationers Argyle Street Burgess and Guild Brother by purchase 11 September 1817.
GlasBurg - MURRAY'S MONTHLY RECORD newspaper office
Edinburgh
22 Waterloo Place 1849
Monthly Timetable Office and Murray's Railway Record Office same address 1850
Edin Dir - MUSCHET, David bookseller Stirling
Stirling 1778-98
NLS Impr Ind - MYLES, Alexander newsagent Kirriemuir
Kirriemuir 1852
Slater 1852 - MYLES, James bookseller Dundee
201 Overgate. House 198 Murraygate 1846
James Dundee Myles bookseller & librarian 193 Overgate 1852
Dundee 1846; Slater 1852 - MYLLAR, Andrew bookseller and printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1503-7
In the Southgait 1508
A Burgess of Edinburgh, he was selling books as early as March 1503, and had books printed for him by Pierre Violette of Rouen in 1505-06. In September 1507, with Walter Chepman, he received letters patent from James IV allowing them to set up the first printing-press in Scotland. Myllar seems to have been the practical printer, and several of the Chepman and Myllar prints produced by the partners in 1508 have his device. His name however does not appear anywhere in The Aberdeen Breviary, which appeared in 1509-10. He used the device of miller carrying a sack up a ladder to a windmill, with the name Androu Myllar, a merchant's mark with the monogram MA and two shields with three fleurs-de-lys (France old).
Aldis 1904; DNB; Dickson & Edmond chapters 2-8; The Chepman and Myllar prints, a facsimile with a bibliographical note by William Beattie. Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 1950; Thomas Rae. Androw Myllar a short study of Scotland's first printer. Greenock: The Signet Press, 1958. - MYLNE, G[eorge] W. accountant Edinburgh
Esq. 22 Howe Street 1817-20
accountant same address 1821
87 Princes Street 1822-24
24 George Street 1825-26
of Cadell & Co [booksellers & publishers] 41 St Andrew's Square 1827
87 Princes Street 1828-30
G. Mylne 134 George Street 1831
Edin Dir - MYLNE, James apprentice bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1666
Son to George Mylne in Lauchill, apprenticed to James Anderson bookseller 11 April 1666.
EdinPren - MYLNE [MILL, MILNE] John papermaker Colinton,
Slateford and Edinburgh
of Cowan & Co 21 West Register Street 1832
Woodhall Mill, Slateford 1825-40
clerk Mossiemill, Colinton 1841-42
wholesale stationer 8 Hunter Square 1842-50
3 Hunter Square 1851-53
97 George Street 1854
mill board manufacturer New Milne West Calder 1852-67
Edin Dir; Pigot 1837; Thomson - MYLNE, Robert engraver Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1700-22
'Born in Edinburgh. His father was Robert Mylne, a Writer to the Signet and a well-known antiquarian who died in 1747 at the age of 103. The son engraved plates for Miscellanea quaedam Eruditae Antiquitatis, Edinburgh, 1710 and Nisbet's System of Heraldry. Edinburgh, 1722.'
Bush.2; Johnst3; DNB (under his father)
MYRTLE, William bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1815
Burgess in right of father William Myrtle baker; Guild Brother as apprentice to James Simpson bookseller 26 January 1815.
EdinBurg - MYRTLE, William newspaper office Edinburgh
of the Caledonian Mercury Office 175 Cowgate 1822
265 High Street house - 165 Cowgate 1823
of Lochrin Distillery 165 Cowgate 1824
of Sunbury Distillery 35 West Nicholson Street 1825-27
commercial agent same address 1828
25 West Nicholson Street 1829
Edin Dir
NAFIELD, Jean printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1587-89
Appears in the imprint of three editions of A. Blackwood's Martyre de la Royne d'Ecosse, in three successive years. These imprints are fictitious. The books were probably printed at Paris (EBS.ii.50,59).
Aldis 1904 - NAIRN, George running stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1743
Married Margaret Main widow of John Dobie running stationer 20 November 1743.
EdinMarr - NAIRN, John printer Edinburgh
James Blair and John Nairn H M Printers at the foot of Craig's Closs 1747
NLS has Narrative of proceedings of arbiters betwixt R Freebairn and J Blair & J Nairn 1736.
NLS Impr Ind - NAIRNE, R. bookseller Renton
Renton 1799-1800
Sold works by John Witherspoon and Archibald Mason in 1799 and 1800.
NLS Impr Ind - NAPIER & Co printers Glasgow
3 High Street 1815
Glas Dir - NAPIER, Mrs A. printer Glasgow
Printing-office and house 43 Trongate 1815
Glas Dir - NAPIER, Edward printer Glasgow
Napier & Khull 1798
Argyll Street 1799
Niven, Napier & Khull Post Office Court Trongate 1803-08
After 1808 Edward Khull by himself.
NLS Impr Ind - NAPIER, J. 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. - NAPIER, James letterfounder Edinburgh
Canongate 1796
Married Isobel daughter of Thomas Yule shepherd at Stenton in Canongate Kirk 10 November 1796.
CanonMarr - NAPIER, James printers lead caster Edinburgh
19 South Richmond Street 1829-34
J. Napier & Son 13 West Nicolson Street 1834-37
John Napier same address 1837-43
and printers' joiner same address 1844-49
14 Sciennes Street 1850-52
12 Sciennes Street 1853-55
no trade same address 1856
no trade 14 Sciennes Street 1857-63
'painter's' 1830!
Edin Dir; Gray 1834 - NAPIER, John printers lead caster Edinburgh
James Napier 19 South Richmond Street 1829-34
J. Napier & Son 13 West Nicolson Street 1835-37
John Napier same address 1837-43
and printers' joiner same address 1844-49
14 Sciennes Street 1850-52
12 Sciennes Street 1853-55
no trade same address 1856
no trade 14 Sciennes Street 1857-63
'painter's' 1830! 1844-46
Edin Dir - NASMYTH, [Alexander] CLARK & Co stationers and paper
makers Edinburgh
Alexander Naysmith 429 High Street 1812-14
Naysmith, Clark & Co same address 1813-16
Alexander Nasmyth & Co 377 High Street 1817-19
Edin Dir - NASMYTH, Alexander stationer and papermaker
Edinburgh
429 High Street 1812-14
Naysmith, Clark & Co same address 1813-16
Alexander Nasmyth & Co 377 High Street 1817-19
Tweedales Court 16 High Street 1820
[Alexander] Nasmyth, [John] Pollock & Co same address 1821
Alexander Nasmyth stationer Burgess in right of father Charles Nasmyth tailor 9 April 1816. 'John Pollock of Naysmith, Pollock & Co' 1821
Edin Dir; EdinBurg - NASMYTH, Alexander papermaker Edinburgh
14 Nicolson Street 1815-16
House address of member of firm of Nasmyth, Clark & Co?
Edin Dir - NAYSMITH, Arthur running stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1744
Jane Walker, widow, married Thomas Millar, running stationer 6 May 1744.
EdinMarr - NATIONAL ADVERTISER newspaper office Edinburgh
11 Bank street 1846-48
Edin Dir - NATIONAL ADVERTISER newspaper office Glasgow
138 Argyll Street 1847
Glas Dir - NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OFFICE publisher Glasgow
D.C. Macnish publisher, 179 Argyll Street 1844
Glas Dir - NATIONAL (Glasgow) NEWSPAPER OFFICE Greenock
4 Hamilton Street 1845
Greenock 1845 - NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY Edinburgh
50 South Bridge 1827-32
13 George Street 1833-55
William Whyte, bookseller, treasurer 1827-50.
Edin Dir - NEALSON, Mr bookseller Haddington
Haddington 1789
Sold copies of James Bonner's Bee-masters companion and assistant. Berwick, 1789.
NLS Impr Ind - NEIL [John] & CROILEY [P.] bookbinders
Glasgow
Neil & Jones, 76 Hutcheson Street 1818
Neil & Croiley, same address 1819
John Neil 29 Brunswick Place 1820
P. Croily was at 28 Brunswick Place in 1820 Glas Dir.
Glas Dir - NEIL & FRASER booksellers stationers and
bookbinders Greenock
1 Hamilton Street 1834
Fowler 1834 - NEIL & JONES bookbinders Glasgow
76 Hutcheson Street 1818
Neil & Croiley, same address 1819
Glas Dir - NEILL and Co printer Edinburgh
Old Fish Market Close 1776-82
Adam Neill and Co same address 1784-1811
Neill & Co same address 1812-18
Patrick Neill 10 Old Fishmarket Close 1819-30
and typefounders Neill & Co same address 1830-42
and stereotypers and printers' joiners same address 1843-90
Adam Neill died in 1812, and Patrick Neill employed William Fraser as a general manager. Fraser died in 1846 and his sons Alexander Fraser and Patrick Neill Fraser joined the firm. Patrick Fraser was a batchelor; Hon LL.D.; Patrick Neill Secretary of Wernerian Society 1808-49, and of the Caledonian Horticultural Society 1809-50. He died 3 September 1851. The National Library of Scotland has type specimens for Neill & Co for 1840, 1843, 1845, [1860] and later and a photograph of a broadside specimen of 1839 & 1840. Alexander Ross of Neill & Co. Edin Dir 1844
Edin Dir; The house of Neill 1749-1949 ed Moray McLaren. Edinburgh, 1900. - NEILL & Son booksellers & circulating library
Haddington
High Street 1852
Slater 1852 - NEILL, Adam printer Edinburgh
Robert Fleming & Adam Neill Old Fishmarket Close 1768-70
R[obert] Fleming & P[atrick] & A[dam] Neill same address 1770
R[obert] Fleming & A[dam] Neill same address 1772
[Adam] Neill & Co same address 1775-94
Adam Neill Foot of Forrester's Wynd 1776-78 Edin Dir
Adam Neill & Co same address 1795-1811
Neill & Co same address 1812-18
Patrick Neill 10 Old Fishmarket Close 1819-30
and typefounders Neill & Co 10 Old Fishmarket Close 1830-90
Brother of Archibald. Married Hellen daughter to Andrew Douglas glazier 30 May 1773 and Margaret daughter of the late John Somerville 12 April 1794. Burgess in right of wife Helen, daughter of Andrew Douglas glazier 3 January 1782. The younger Patrick was his son. Died 1812. Apprentice: John Stark, Burgess 30 March 1808.
Edin Marr; EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind; Edin Dir; Printing-house of Neill. Edinburgh, 1917. The house of Neill 1749-1949 ed Moray McLaren. Edinburgh, 1900. - NEILL, Adam printer Edinburgh
Foot of Forrester's Wynd 1776-78
Edin Dir - NEILL, Adam printer Haddington
High Street 1852
Slater 1852 - NEILL, Alexander bookseller Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1646-49
Burgess as eldest son to umquhile George Neill merchant 22 April 1646; William Lorimer merchant becomes sovertie; married Janet Johnstoun 21 January 1647; merchant Guild Brother by right of wife Jonet daughter to umquhile John Johnstoun 18 July 1649.
EdinBurg; EdinMarr - NEILL, Archibald stationer Edinburgh
Back of the Guard 1775-76
Edin Dir - NEILL, Archibald bookseller Haddington
Haddington 1767-1800
NLS Impr Ind - NEILL, David bookbinder Glasgow
Glasgow 1662-67
Mentioned inthe inventory of Lithgow's will (1662). Will of David Neill stationer registered 29 July 1667. Apprentice: Robert Stewart merchant Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with David Neill bookbinder 2 December 1669.
Aldis 1904; GlasTest; GlasBurg - NEILL, George bookseller Haddington
High Street 1820-25
George Neill & Sons booksellers, printers and circulating library same address 1837
Pigot 1820; 1825; 1837 - NEIL, J. and J. printers and bookbinders Airdrie
21 High Street ca 1830
Published two undated chapbooks A new song called Auld Scotia Free and The Highland Piper's advice. The imprint contains the words 'where may be had a variety of songs, histories &c. Schoolbooks &c.'. The two titles are very commonly found in collections of chapbooks, perhaps from stereotype plates, otherwise with Paisley and Glasgow imprints. Both have singular crude woodcuts on the titlepages unlike anything found elsewhere among Scottish chapbooks.
Chapbook Printers - NEIL, Mrs J. bookseller Glasgow
23 Brunswick Place 1837
Pigot 1837 - NEIL, J. printer and bookseller Glasgow
17 Bazar 1829
Published two chapbooks, Betsey Baker and 'Twas on the morn of Sweet May Day, both in 1829.
Chapbook Printers - NEIL, J. & R. bookbinders and Bible warehouse
Glasgow
18 Hutcheson Street 1844
Initials from trade index of Glas Dir 1844.
Glas Dir - NIELL, James stationer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1764
Married Jean Melville 14 October 1764 [under Melville only].
EdinMarr - NEILL, James printer Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1807
Burgess in right of father Patrick Neill printer 18 August 1807.
EdinBurg - NEILL, James printer Edinburgh
12 Old Fishmarket Close 1819
Edin Dir - NEIL, John copper-plate printer Edinburgh
Head of the West Port 1794-97
Edin Dir - NEILL, John bookbinder and bookseller Glasgow
Glasgow 1642-57
Named as debtor in the inventories of the wills of J. Bryson (1642) and R. Bryson (1645). Will of John Neill stationer registered 9 September 1657. The David Neill in Glasgow mentioned in the inventory of Lithgow's will (1662) may be a successor. (Bann.Misc.ii,262,265,280). Apprentice: James Dunlop Burgess as serving apprentice with John Neill bookbinder 30 August 1649 (Guild Brother as merchant) by same right 29 March 1655.
Aldis 1904; GlasBurg; GlasTest - NEILL, Patrick printer Edinburgh
Hamilton. Balfour & Neill The College 1750-61
R[obert] Fleming & Patrick Neill 1766
Robert Fleming & Adam Neill Old Fishmarket Close 1768-70
Robert Fleming & P[atrick] & A[dam] Neill same address 1770
Born in Haddington 1725. Son to Thomas Neill, indweller, apprenticed to James Cochrane printer 13 June 1739. Burgess as apprentice to James Cochran, printer 18 October 1752. In 1759 the firm printed a newspaper The Edinburgh Chronicle which lasted for four years. In 1772, he bought a farm at Redpath in the parish of Earlston. In 1778 he married Katherine Brown there, his first wife having died. His first wife had presumably died. Patrick Neill died in 1789, leaving his widow a life interest in the property. Apprentice: William Smellie. Moray McLaren days Patrick Neill's father's name was Robert, and that he lived in Haddington. The Prentice Registers say Thomas and call im an indweller, i.e. someone living in Edinburgh.
EdinPren; EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind; The house of Neill 1749-1949 ed Moray McLaren. Edinburgh, 1900. - NEILL, Patrick printer and typefounder Edinburgh
Neill & Co Old Fishmarket Close 1812-18
Patrick Neill 10 Old Fishmarket Close 1819-30
and typefounders Neill & Co same address 1831-20th Century
1776-1851. Patrick Neill was the eldest son of Adam Neill and Helen Douglas, born 25 October 1776; Burgess in right of father Adam Neill printer 29 March 1808; Guild Brother 4 December 1817. His father, Adam Neill died in 1812, and Patrick Neill employed William Fraser as a general manager. Fraser died in 1846 and his sons Alexander Fraser and Patrick Neill Fraser joined the firm. Patrick Neill was a batchelor; Hon LL.D.; Secretary of Wernerian Society 1808-49, and of the Caledonian Horticultural Society 1809-50. He died 3 September 1851. The National Library of Scotland has type specimen books of 1840; 1843; 1845; 1849 etc. Apprentices: John Briggs, Robert Park, Burgesses 20 December 1839; George Slight, apprenticed 14 June 1830, Burgess 31 March 1841.
EdinBurg; NLS Impr Ind; DNB; Printing-house of Neill. Edinburgh, 1917. The house of Neill 1749-1949 ed Moray McLaren. Edinburgh, 1900. - NEILL, Patrick bookbinder Glasgow
Glasgow 1691
Burgess and Guild Brother in right of father 12 December 1691.
GlasBurg - NEIL, Mrs Thomas bookbinder Glasgow
Thomas Neill, Smiths Court, 53 Candleriggs 1828
175 Buchanan Street 1835
175 Buchanan Street and 94 West Nile Street 1840
Neil, Mrs Thomas Neill same address 1844-49
'Neil' 1835
Glas Dir - NEILL [NEIL], Thomas bookbinder Glasgow
Smiths Court, 53 Candleriggs 1828
175 Buchanan Street 1835-37
175 Buchanan Street and 94 West Nile Street 1840
Mrs Thomas Neil same addresses 1844-49
'Neil' 1835
Glas Dir; Pigot 1837 - NEILSON [John] and HAY [Robert] printers and newspaper
office Paisley
Paisley Advertiser Office St Mirren's Court 1831
15 St Mirren's Court 1834
John Neilson printer stereotype founder bookbinder and paper ruler 15 St Mirren's Street 1838
printer engraver lithographer and account book maker 101 High Street 1851
Fowler 1831, 1834; Paisley 1838; 1851 - NEILSON & MOFFAT bookbinders Glasgow
Glasgow 1826
Sequestration in SRO 1826.
SRO CS231/N/1/21; Sederunt Book CS231/N/6/2, RH15/399 - NELSON and WILKIE booksellers, printsellers and law
stationers Edinburgh
5 North Bank Street 1847
Edin Dir - NEILSON, Catherine bookseller Dumbarton
High Street 1852
Slater 1852 - NEILSON, Charles bookbinder Elgin
Batchen Lane 1825
Pigot 1825 - NEILSON, J. & A. bookbinders Glasgow
6 Candleriggs 1828
Glas Dir - NEILSON, John & Co bookbinder Glasgow
32 Nelson Street 1825
John Neilson Moodie's Court, 31 Argyll Street 1835-37
45 Candlerigg Street 1840
Glas Dir; Pigot 1825; 1837 - NEILSON [MACNEAL], John [Eoin] printer Paisley
Paisley 1784-87
Near the Cross 1788-98
Neilson & Weir, Cumberland 1798-1800
John Neilson. same address 1800-01
Paisley 1802-18
He and John Neilson junior printed chapbooks extensively from 1800-1822 often for other publishers.
NLS Impr Ind; Chapbook Printers; Crawford; Pigot 1837; Adam McNaughtan. 'A century of Saltmarket literature, 1790-1890' in Six centuries of the provincial book trade, edited by Peter Isaac. Winchester, 1990. - NEILSON, John junior printer, stereotype printer,
lithographer, bookbinder and paper ruler Paisley and
Glasgow
Causeyside, Paisley 1817-19
John Neilson 15 St Mirren St 1820-25
John Neilson and Robert Hay same address 1830-36
St Mirren Court 1831-2
John Neilson and newspaper printer Paisley Advertiser St Mirren Street 1837-44
John Neilson printer stereotype founder bookbinder and paper ruler 15 St Mirren's Street 1838
[John] Neilson & [Archibald K.] Murray same address 1844-46
printer & paper ruler John Neilson 101 High Street 1846-52
printer engraver lithographer and account book maker 101 High Street 1851
161 Trongate, Glasgow 1850-52
32 Dunlop Street 1853
20 Howard Street 1854-55
John Neilson & Co 12 and 20 Howard Street 1856
Apprenticed as compositor to his father 1798, took over the business after his father's death in 1819. Crawford gives the address in St Mirren Street as 36. Neilson introduced lithography in 1821. He also introduced stereotyping to Paisley and became printer of The Paisley Advertiser from its first publication in 1824. Robert Hay 'former Clerk and Canal Store Keeper' went into partnership in 1830. The partnership seems to have ended in 1836, but Hay continued to share the premises, being shown as lithographer. Neilson moved to the business he had started in Glasgow in 1852, relinquishing the Paisley business to his partner Thomas Graham, and retired in 1857, following the collapse of his business. He died following an accident in 1870. Obituary Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 26 June 1870. In December 1846, seventeen of the firm's apprentices held the first annual meeting of the 'Printers' Commemorative Society' formed in 1845 with the object of maintaining social contact in later years. One of them was James Cook who later became printer and publisher of the Paisley Gazette.
Fowler 1831, 1834; Paisley 1838; 1851; Slater 1852; Crawford; Schenck - NEILSON, Leslie pressman Stirling
Stirling Journal office 1820-91
Born in 1808.
Harvey - NELSON [NIELSON], Robert bookbinder Glasgow
48 Buchanan Street 1844
48 Buchanan Street 1844-49
Nielson Glas Dir 1847
Burgess and Guild Brother as serving apprentice with Robert Hutcheson and Company and John Smith youngest 3 September 1845.
GlasBurg; Glas Dir - NELSON, Robert bookseller Kilmarnock
King Street 1825
and printer 18 King Street 1837
Pigot 1825; 1837 - NELSON, Robert R. bookseller, stationer
Edinburgh
32 Nicolson Street 1840-41
and musicseller same address 1842-43
and circulating library 1844-45
bookseller and music circulating library same address 1846
Edin Dir - NELSON [NEILSON], Thomas bookseller Edinburgh
9 West Bow 1811-18
9 West Bow and 230 High Street 1819-22
2 West Bow and 230 High Street 1823-24
publisher and printer 2 West Bow and 31 Hanover Street 1825
T[homas] & W[illiam] Nelson booksellers same addresses 1826
Thomas Nelson bookseller 2 West Bow 1827-42
533 Castlehill 1843-45
publisher Hope Park 1846-78
Thomas Nelson (1780-1861), born near Stirling, the son of a farmer, he worked with a London publisher in 1798, before setting himself up as a second-hand bookseller in Edinburgh. Burgess 22 November 1820. In 1835 he took his son William Nelson (1816-1887), who travelled extensively in the interest of the firm, into partnership. Five years later, another son, Thomas Nelson (1822-92), was taken into the firm, and in 1844 was given charge of the London branch, a post which he held for a year , before taking on the running of the manufacturing side of the business in 1846. In 1850 he invented the rotary press, using curved stereotypes to fit them to a cylinder, which was thereafter universally used as long as printing was done from hot metal. In 1854 he established the New York office. The firm became a Limited Liability Company in 1915. Their Hope Park premises were destroyed by fire 9 April 1878.
Edin Dir; EdinBurg; Pigot 1825; DNB; John A. Dempster. 'Thomas Nelson and Sons in the late nineteenth century: a study in motivation'. Publishing History XIII 41-87 (1983). - NELSON, Thomas P. printer Edinburgh
2 Teviot Row 1841-47
No second initial 1847.
Edin Dir