University of Virginia Library

Scottish Printers and Booksellers 1668-1775: A Second Supplement (II)
by
Robert Hay Carnie [*]

JOHNSTON (GEORGE), running stationer in Edinburgh, 1754.

• It was stated in the John Fraser entry that George Johnston was tried for hamesucken on 9th. December, 1754. He was sentenced to be whipped through the city of Edinburgh. (S.M., Dec., 1754, p. 592.)

JOHNSTON (W.), bookseller in Linton, 1749.

• Johnston is one of the many booksellers whose name appears in the imprint of a work entitled A Short Essay to answer the Arguments moved to promote carrying a Separation from the True Associate Synod. This work was printed by William Gray of Edinburgh. (St. A.U.L.)

KEITH (CHARLES), merchant and bookseller in Montrose, 1775.

• Keith seems to have commenced in business in 1775. He sold, in January of that year, a work entitled A Scots Poem to the Memory of a Horsedealer. The book was also sold by J. Chalmers & Company, Aberdeen. (A.J., Jan. 16, 1775.)

KELLOCH (MATHEW), merchant and bookseller in the Parish of Greenock, 1739.

• In August, 1739, there is an advertisement in The Caledonian Mercury for A new and correct Edition of the Decerpta of Ovid's Metamorphoses. . . . Designed for the Use of Schools. This work was to be sold by John Traill and William Hamilton, Booksellers in Edinburgh, Andrew Stalker and John Barry, Booksellers in Glasgow, and Mathew Kelloch, Merchant in Crawford's Dike in the Parish of Greenock. (C.M., Aug. 30, 1739.)

KER (ANDREW), bookseller in Kelso, 1745.

• Ker had printed for him in Edinburgh The Triple Testimony to the Truth of Christianity. A Sermon by Thomas Boston. This work was sold by Ker in Kelso. (C.M., May 13, 1745.)

KER (COLIN), inkmaker and stationer in Edinburgh, 1750.

• Ker's shop was called 'The Hand and Pen', and was situated below the foot of Blackfriar's Wynd, in the Cowgate, Edinburgh. (C.M., June 21, 1750; Nov. 1, 1750.)

KER (J.), bookseller in Selkirk, 1747.

• This Ker was one of the many provincial booksellers who sold The Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Synod. (St. A.U.L.; A.U.L.)

LEECHMAN (G.), bookseller in Irvine, 1749.

• Both The Aberdeen Journal and The Caledonian Mercury advertised the proposals for printing in six volumes by subscription The Works of Flavius Josephus. Subscriptions were taken in by Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Perth and Dundee booksellers; by Grierson at Dumfries and by Leechman at Irvine. (C.M., Oct. 5, 1749; A.J., Oct. 24, 1749.)

LEGAT (ALEXANDER), merchant and bookbinder in Glasgow, 1773.

• Legat was made Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow as younger lawful son to the deceased Alexander Legat, barber in Glasgow. (B. & G.B. 1751-1846, p. 81.)

LEIGHTON (-----), bookseller in Dundee, 1768.

• Leighton is listed in The Scots Magazine as selling the first two numbers of The Works of that eminent servant of Christ, Mr John Bunyan . . . in Six Volumes. This work was printed for David Ogilvy, bookseller in Dundee, by Sands, Murray and Cochran in 1769. (Copy in E.U.L.; S.M., Jan., 1768.)

LITHGOW (JAMES), papermaker at Upper Spylaw, Colinton, 1682.

• Waterston tells us that James Lithgow was accused of enticing a workman away from the paper mill of Alexander Daes, and having clandestinely obtained a license to make playing cards in 1682. (Waterston O.E.C. XXVII, 42-43.)

LITHGOW (NICOL), papermaker at Bogsmill, 1717-1756.

• The Bogsmill paper mill was situated on the Water of Leith, a mile below Colinton. Nicol Lithgow converted the existing corn mill into a paper mill. In 1735 the notes for the Bank of Scotland were made there. The lease was acquired by Gavin Hamilton, the bookseller, in 1756. (Cf. Bushnell, p. 317.) (Waterston O.E.C., XXV, 70; XXVII, 50-51.)

LOW (ALEXANDER), bookseller in Ayr, 1771.

• Joseph Galbraith published in The Caledonian Mercury proposals dated Glasgow, May 9, 1771, for an elaborate edition of The Holy Bible to be published in three-weekly numbers. Subscriptions were taken in by, among others, Alexander Low, bookseller in Ayr. (C.M., June 5, 1771.)

LUNDIN (T.), bookseller in Glasgow, 1747.

• This Glasgow bookseller is the only Glasgow name to be found in the

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  imprint of The Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Synod which was printed in Edinburgh by William Gray in 1747. (St. A.U.L.; A.U.L.)

LYALL (-----), bookseller in Montrose, 1762.

• The enterprising Kilmarnock bookseller and publisher, James Meuros, put out proposals dated Dec. 1, 1762, for printing by subscription Stackhouse's New History of the Holy Bible in six volumes. Amongst the people taking subscriptions for this work 'Mr Lyall, Bookseller in Montrose.' (A.J., June 27, 1763.)

McBRAIN (COLIN), papermaker in Cathcart, Glasgow, previous to 1760.

• John Downie, a founder in Gorbals, was made a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow on 26 Sept., 1760, by right of his marriage to Helen, lawful daughter to the deceased Colin McBrain, papermaker in Cathcart, who had neglected to enter in his own lifetime. (B. & G.B., 1751-1846, p. 37.)

McCULLOCH (ALEXANDER), bookbinder in St. Andrews, 1723-1744.

• McCulloch, who was Archbeadle to St. Andrews University, was binding books for them from 1723. On 20 Jan., 1731, he was made a freeman of the Hammerman Craft as a bookbinder. McCulloch died in 1744. (Hammerman Book; Library—Quaestor Accounts, St. A.U.L.)

McDONALD (ALEXANDER), bookseller in Aberdeen, 1740-1753.

• McDonald sold books in conjunction with William Murray in 1740. In Jan., 1745, he sold a pamphlet called An Instructive Historical Account of the Settlement of the Episcopal Congregation in Dundee, 1727. In 1753 he sold A Letter from a Merchant . . . to a Member of Parliament. (E.E.C., Sept. 30, 1740; C.M., Jan. 31, 1745; A.J., Dec. 4, 1775.)

McEUEN (JAMES), bookseller in Glasgow, 1723.

• An edition of Allan Ramsay's Poems was printed in Edinburgh by Thomas Ruddiman, and was sold by McEuen in Glasgow. This may possibly be the bookseller of the same name who flourished in Edinburgh and London. (Cf. Bushnell, p. 327. Copy of Poems, A.U.L.)

MACGHIE (MRS), widow of Alexander Macghie in Edinburgh, 1723.

• Mrs Macghie was probably not a professional bookseller though she did sell from a shop 'a little above Black Fryer Wynd' her late husband's treatise on Bookkeeping. The book was also sold by George Stuart, bookseller in the Parliament Close. (C.M., Nov. 5, 1723.)

MACINTOSH (-----), bookseller in Kirkcaldy, 1749.

• This Macintosh is described as 'Mr. Macintosh, bookseller' in an advertisement in The Caledonian Mercury in Feb., 1749, as one of the Scottish sellers of The Newcastle General Magazine. (C.M., Feb. 14, 1749.)

McLAREN (JAMES), glazier and bookbinder in Perth, 1770-1773.

• McLaren was admitted freeman to the Wright calling as a glazier and

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  bookbinder on 10 April, 1770. He had served his apprenticeship with Alexander Mitchell of Perth. He is known to have employed two apprentices in the period 1770-1773. (Bibliotheck, I, no. 4, p. 34.)

MACLAUCHLAN (A.), bookseller in Dumfries, 1768-1773.

• A work entitled The Soul's Perpetual Progress towards Perfection through all Eternity . . ., by William Crombie, was sold by Maclauchlan in 1768. He was apparently in partnership with another Dumfries bookseller called Chalmers in 1772 and 1773 and they bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine. In April, 1773, an advertisement in The Caledonian Mercury reveals that Maclauchlan sold Patrick Anderson's Scots Pills. A Robert Maclauchlan, bookseller in Dumfries, was named a bankrupt on July 9, 1791. This was probably a relative. (S.M., 1768, p. 316; 1771, p. 364; C.M., April 28, 1773; La. III, 752.)

McLEAN (ARCHIBALD), junior?, printer in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1763-1786?.

• There seems to be a possibility of confusion between two Archibald McLeans in Bushnell's single entry (pp. 328-329.) Ewing gives an Archibald McLean, junior, as printing in association with James Duncan, junior, of Glasgow in 1763. An Archibald McLean (the senior?) was made a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow on 18 July, 1757, by right of his father, James McLean, bookbinder. Another Archibald McLean (junior?) was a printer in Edinburgh and was made a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow by right of having married Isobel, daughter to the deceased William Muir, Merchant, on 21 April, 1786. (B. & G.B. 1741-1846, p. 23; ibid., p.146.)

McLEAN (C.), stationer and print seller in Edinburgh, 1775.

• McLean's business address was 'the middle of Niddry's Wynd, Edinburgh', and he advertised from this address. (C.M., June 24, 1775.)

MACMICHAEL (R.), stationer in Perth, 1766.

• 'A New Stationery-Ware shop, a little above the Town Guard in the High Street of Perth, where a neat assortment of stationery articles may be had', was advertised by Macmichael in July, 1766. Macmichael was not a member of the Wright calling in Perth to which some stationers were affiliated. (C.M., July 2, 1766.)

McPHERSON (SAWNEY), printer in Glasgow, 1756.

• Ewing lists this man as having printed in Glasgow in 1756. I have not personally examined any volume with his name in the imprint.

MAIR (PATRICK), bookseller in Falkirk, 1770-1771.

• Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine was bought in sets by Mair in the years 1770 and 1771. The last date attached to his name in the account book is Sept. 27, 1771. (La. III, 752.)

MAIR (PATRICK), printer in Glasgow, 1764.

• Ewing gives this Mair as having printed in Glasgow in 1764. I have not come across any books carrying his name in the imprint. He may be the same man as the Patrick Mair, bookseller in Falkirk, 1770.

MANES (DENIS), papermaker at Yester and Braid, c. 1695.

• Manes was a partner with Nicholas Dupyne in his papermaking enterprises. His name is found in a deed dated 16 August, 1695, concerning the building of two paper-mills; one being at Yester and the other at Braid. Manes was also the signatory of a bond dated 18 August, 1697. (Waterston O.E.C., XXV, 62-65.)

MARSHALL (JOHN), bookbinder in Glasgow, 1763.

• John Marshall was made Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow by right of having served an apprenticeship as bookbinder with William Marshall, bookbinder and bookseller, on 27 Nov., 1763. The two men were probably related. (B. & G.B. 1751-1846, p. 48.)

MARTIN (ARCHIBALD), printer and bookseller in Edinburgh, 1762.

• Martin printed an edition of a very well-known Scottish book: The History of the State and Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution. . . . By William Crookshank, A.M. . . . In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: Printed and sold by Archibald Martin, at his Printing-house, opposite to the Foot of Forrester's Wynd, Cowgate MDCCLXII. The work has an unusually attractive engraved title-page. (Copy A.U.L.)

MASSON (ALEXANDER), bookseller? in Edinburgh, 1766.

• The evidence suggests that Alexander Masson was not truly a bookseller, but he did sell copies of his brother's works 'at his house in the Old Assembly Close'. His brother, Arthur Masson, was a prominent teacher of foreign languages in Edinburgh and published volumes of selections. (C.M., Aug. 13, 1766; A.J., Sept. 8, 1766.)

MEGGET (JAMES), bookseller in Dalkeith, 1771-1773.

• Megget bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine from June, 1771 to January, 1773. (La. III, 752.)

MEIN (WILLIAM), bookseller in Dumfries, 1733-1749.

• An advertisement in The Caledonian Mercury in December, 1733, named Mein as a bookseller stocking A Sermon, intituled, The Wisdom of the Apostle Paul's Preaching, by G. Gartshore. In 1749 he stocked The Newcastle General Magazine, and in February, 1743, he is listed as one of those willing to take in cloth for a Kelso bleachfield. (C.M., Dec. 18, 1733; April 29, 1742; Feb. 14, 1749.)

MENZIES (JOHN), bookseller in Port Glasgow, 1771-1773.

• Menzies bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine from June, 1771 to 1773. The last date opposite to his name in the account book is March 25, 1773. (La. III, 752.)

MILL (JAMES), paper-maker in Lasswade, 1774-1775.

• It is clear from the advertisements made by Dalhousie Bleachfield that James Mill, papermaker in Lasswade, took in cloth for them at his paper mill in February, 1774, and February, 1775. (C.M., Feb. 19, 1774; Feb. 11, 1775.)

MITCHELL (J.), bookseller in Edinburgh, 1751-c.1764.

• Mitchell sold in August, 1751, an edition of Cocker's Arithmetic, revised and corrected by John Mair, which had been printed in Edinburgh for A. Mitchell and R. Morison, Perth. His name also appears on Peter Williamson's A Brief Account, c. 1764. This may possibly be the same man as John Mitchell, bookbinder in Edinburgh, 1744. (Cf. Bushnell, p. 334.) (C.M., Aug. 20, 1751; A.U.L.)

MITCHELL (WILLIAM), printer and bookseller in Glasgow, 1750-1751.

• According to Ewing, James Knox was in partnership with one William Mitchell in 1750-1751. In 1750 they published a two-volume edition of Gulliver's Travels which was advertised in The Scots Magazine. (S.M., July, 1750, p. 352.)

MUDIE (ROBERT), bookseller in Brechin, 1771.

• Mudie was another of the small-town booksellers who bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine, and presumably sold them. His purchases were for the year 1771. (La. III, 752.)

MURRAY (-----), bookseller in Inverness, 1760.

• Murray is one of the long list of Scottish provincial booksellers named in The Caledonian Mercury as stocking The British Magazine. (C.M., Jan. 9, 1760.)

MURRAY (JAMES), bookseller in Kirkcudbright, 1772-1773.

• Murray is described as a bookseller in the account-book for Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine. He bought sets in 1772, the last date attached to his name being March 30, 1773. (La. III, 752.)

MURRAY (ROBERT), bookseller in Edinburgh, 1772-1782.

• In the account book for Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine there is a note to Ruddiman from one Robert Murray concerning a publication to be sent to Mr Gordon, bookseller. This note is dated 18 August, 1773. This is presumably the same Robert Murray who was prepared 'to execute commissions for such as cannot attend' an auction sale of books in Edinburgh, December, 1772. The advertisement also states that 'catalogues are to be had of R. Murray, at Mr Gordon's, bookseller, Parliament Close'. It is obvious that in 1772 to 1773 Murray was an employee of Gordon. The death of one Robert Murray, bookseller, on 14 March, 1782, was reported in The Scots Magazine. (La. III, 752; C.M., Dec. 5, 1772; S.M., March, 1782, p. 166.)

MUSHET (DAVID), bookseller in Stirling, 1771-1773.

• Mushet bought both copies and sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine in the years 1771-1773. The last date attached to his name in the account book is Feb. 9, 1773. (La. III, 752.)

NEILL (ARCHIBALD), bookseller in Haddington, 1771-1774.

• Neill appears in several advertisements in The Caledonian Mercury as a retail bookseller. In June, 1772, he sold The Present State of the Game Laws. From June, 1771, to March, 1773, he bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine; and in Jan., 1773, he is advertised as selling the periodical, The Scots Farmer. In March, 1773, and in March, 1774, Archibald Neill, bookseller in Haddington, is listed amongst those authorized to take in cloth for Ormiston Bleachfield. (La. III, 752; C.M., June 18, 1772; Mar. 3, 1773; Mar. 5, 1774.)

NEILSON (ROBERT), bookseller in Edinburgh, 1742.

• Neilson advertises in The Caledonian Mercury that he sold Bibles at his shop 'in Dallas's Land, North Side of the Grassmarket'. (C.M., Apr. 5, 1742.)

NIMMO (J.), bookseller in Kilmarnock, 1747.

• Nimmo is one of the booksellers named in the imprint of The Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Synod, at Edinburgh, in April, 1747. (Copy. St. A.U.L.)

NOTMAN (JAMES), bookbinder in Glasgow, 1771.

• James Notman, bookbinder, was made a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow on 19 September, 1771, as eldest lawful son to James Notman, cordiner. This might possibly be the same James Notman who was a bookseller in Selkirk before 1773. (cf. Bushnell, p. 341.) (B. & G.B. 1751-1846, p. 75.)

OGILVY (R.), merchant in Musselburgh, 1750.

• A Funeral Sermon . . . on the Right Honourable Francis, late Earl of Dalkeith, by the Reverend Charles Roberts. This sermon was advertised as being published in Edinburgh and 'sold by C. Wright in the Parliament Close in Edinburgh, C. Thomson in Montrose, booksellers, and R. Ogilvy, merchant in Musselburgh'. The advertisement appeared in The Caledonian Mercury. (C.M., May 29, 1750.)

ORR (MRS ANNA), printer and bookseller in Glasgow, 1767-1799.

• This woman was the relict of John Orr, printer and publisher in Glasgow c. 1752-1766. In May, 1774, we learn from The Caledonian Mercury, she stocked the catalogue of William Coke, bookseller in Leith. She produced, over a long period of time, many works in Gaelic as her husband had also done. These included versions of The Psalms of David and of The Shorter Catechism. (C.M., May 21, 1774; Reid's Bibliotheca Scoto-Celtica, 1832, passim.)

PALMER (JAMES), merchant and bookseller in Keith, 1774.

• Palmer is mentioned in The Aberdeen Journal in March, 1774, as selling an edition of The Psalms of David which was also sold by Aberdeen booksellers. (A.J., Mar. 14, 1774.)

PATERSON (JOHN), merchant and bookseller in Edinburgh, 1742-1759.

• A Letter from the Reverend John Bisset, Minister of the Gospel in Aberdeen to a Gentleman in Edinburgh. This Edinburgh publication was sold by John Paterson, merchant in the Luckenbooths, Edinburgh. In July, 1759, Paterson is described in another advertisement as a bookseller stocking A Letter to Mr Moncrieff, Minister at Abernethy. This second advertisement appeared in The Aberdeen Journal. (C.M. Nov. 9, 1742; A.J., July, 1759.)

PATON (JAMES), bookseller in Kilmarnock, 1743-1744.

• Paton sold Fisher's A Review of the Preface to the Narrative to the extraordinary Work at Kilsyth, and other Congregations in the Neighbourhood in 1743 and The Acts of the Associate Presbytery in 1744 according to newspaper advertisements. Bushnell (p. 344) gives a G. Paton, bookseller in Kilmarnock in 1747. There is some confusion here. (C.M., Jan., 1743; Mar. 22, 1744.)

PATON (T.), bookseller in Stirling, 1757.

• Paton sold a number of books by John Burn, schoolmaster at Stirling, including The Child's Assistant; or an Introduction to Spelling and Reading. (S.M. Oct., 1757; p. 560.)

PEARSON (J.), bookseller in Inverness, 1762.

• Pearson sold Peacock's A Collection of Fifty Favourite Scottish Tunes. (A.J., Feb. 22, 1762; Aug. 23, 1762.)

PHERSON or PHORSON (WILLIAM), bookseller in Berwick, 1771-1785.

• Thomas Boston's An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion was sold by W. Pherson, bookseller in Berwick, according to an advertisement in The Caledonian Mercury. Pherson also bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine in 1771-1772. The accounts were paid by January, 1773. Still in business, 1785. (La. III, 752; C.M., May 22, 1773.)

PROPHET (JOHN), bookseller in Edinburgh, 1723.

• A true and Impartial Account of the Life of the Most Reverend Father in God Dr James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrews . . . According to The Caledonian Mercury this work was printed for John Prophet, George Stewart, and Mr Alexander Symmers, booksellers, and sold at their shops in the Parliament Close. (C.M., June 17, 1723.)

RAE (JOHN), wright, glazier, stationer, bookbinder and bookseller in Perth, 1745-1766.

• It is not clear which was the primary of the many occupations of Rae but he did serve an apprenticeship as glazier and bookbinder. In Feb., 1749,

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  he sold The Newcastle General Magazine according to advertisements. (C.M., Feb. 14, 1749; Bibliotheck, I, no. 4, p. 37.)

RANDY (DAVID), bookseller in Haddington, 1746.

• The Caledonian Mercury tells us in January, 1746, that one David Randy, bookseller in Haddington, sold A Sermon on Romans IX, 3 . . ., by W. Halyburton. It seems likely that this man is either identical to or related to the David Randie, bookseller and publisher in Edinburgh, 1728-30. (Cf. Bushnell, p. 345.) (C.M., Jan. 15, 1746.)

REID (DANIEL), printer in Glasgow, 1772.

• Ewing is the source for this entry. Daniel Reid printed Burn's Practical Grammar of the English Language, The Second Edition, and William Ross's The French Scholar's Guide in 1772. (Old Glasgow, p. 396.)

REID (GEORGE), Junior, bookseller in Edinburgh, 1767-1771, servant to Walter Ruddiman and Co.

• Reid was a shop servant in the printing house of Ruddiman and he seems to have been responsible for the sale of patent medicines. According to advertisements in The Caledonian Mercury Hill's Tincture of Valerian and their Elixir of Bandana 'may be supplied by directing to George Reid Junior at their printing house, Edinburgh'. (C.M., Jan. 5, 1767; Mar. 2, 1771.)

REID (JOHN), bookseller in Hamilton, 1771-1772.

• Reid purchased sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine from June, 1771 to December, 1772. (La. III, 752.)

RICHARDSON (ARCHIBALD), bookbinder in Edinburgh, 1742.

• Alexander Maclaurin's A Treatise of Fluxions was advertised in The Caledonian Mercury with the following notice 'Gentlemen who had formerly received any sheets of this book, are desired to call at Archibald Richardson's, Bookbinder, in Allen's Close, opposite to the Cross, in order to have their copies completed.' (C.M., May 27, 1742.)

ROBERTSON (MATTHEW), merchant and printer in Glasgow, 1772-1803.

• Matthew Robertson was made a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow on 3rd July, 1772, as fourth lawful son to John Robertson, junior, bookbinder. (Cf. Bushnell, p. 347.) According to Ewing he was printing in partnership with James Robertson, his brother, from 1783 to 1800. He was still printing in 1803. (B. & G.B. 1751-1846, p. 78; D.W.A. Dec. 16, 1803.)

ROBSON (GEORGE), bookseller in Huntly, 1778.

• Andrew Cant's Sermon at a general meeting in the Grey-Friars Church of Edinburgh, 1638, was printed at Aberdeen. 'for George Robson, bookseller in Huntly'. (Copy. A.U.L.)

ROSS (JOHN), bookseller and stationer in Edinburgh, 1749-1752.

• Numerous advertisements in The Caledonian Mercury from 1749 to 1752 revealed Ross as the stockist of a large variety of books. He was an Edinburgh agent for the sale of the books of the Foulis Press. Some of the advertisements mention that he also sold stationery wares. His shop was in the Parliament Close. (C.M., July 20, 1749; Nov. 28, 1749; Dec. 31, 1750; May 1, 1750; Jan. 29, 1751; Oct. 17, 1752.)

SCHAW (W.), bookseller in Edinburgh, 1775.

• Schaw or Shaw is named in The Caledonian Mercury as one of the booksellers who sold Mostyn Armstrong's maps. 'To be sold by M. Armstrong at Mr. Wilson's foot of the President's Stairs, Parliament Square, and by W. Creech, W. Gordon, C. Elliott, W. Schaw . . . Booksellers in Edinburgh.'

SCOTT (DAVID), bookseller in Montrose, 1767-1772.

• Scott first appears in The Aberdeen Journal for May, 1767, as a bookseller taking subscriptions for an Edinburgh publication. In 1771 and 1772 he bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine in 1771 and 1772, the last date attached to his name being December 24, 1772. (La. III, 752; A.J., May 8, 1767.)

SCOTT (JAMES), bookseller? in Dundee, 1774-1776.

• The Caledonian Mercury tells us that Mr James Scott stocked William Coke's catalogue in 1774. In April, 1776, another advertisement about Coke's catalogues refers to Mr James Scott, narrow of the Murraygate, Dundee. (C.M., May 21, 1774; E.E.C., April 24, 1776.)

SCOTT (JOHN), printer in Edinburgh, 1772, journeyman? of William Auld.

• Proposals dated January 27, 1772 for printing in numbers The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr Ralph Erskine. . . . were available from John Scott, printer, at Mr Auld's printing office, Morrocco's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. (C.M., Feb. 1, 1772.)

SHARP (ANDREW), bookseller in Perth, 1774-1781.

• Sharp's name appears in the imprint of William Marshall's Propriety of singing the Psalms of David in New Testament Worship . . . a Sermon. His name also appears as follows: The Duty of Prayer recommended . . . by Alexander Pringle, Perth: printed by J. Taylor, and sold by Andrew Sharp, Bookseller. MDCCLXXXI. (A.U.L.; St. A.U.L.)

SIMSON (MATTHEW), publisher in Glasgow, 1745-1760.

• Simson was the publisher of The Glasgow Courant to Oct., 1760. The first number appeared in the week from Monday 14 Oct., to 21 Oct., 1745. (Couper R.G.B.S., VIII, 112.)

SINCLAIR (JOHN), general merchant and bookseller in Banff, 1774.

• The Aberdeen Journal reveals that John Sinclair, merchant in Banff,

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  held an auction sale of books, pamphlets and prints in the Town Hall at Banff on 18 July, 1774. (A.J., July 11, 1774.)

SMITH (JAMES), merchant and bookseller in Banff, 1770.

• James Smith was in partnership with James Imlach in his bookselling, bookbinding and circulating library business. Cf. IMLACH entry. (A.J., Sept. 17, 1770.)

SMITH (RICHARD), papermaker at Culter, 1758-.

• Richard Smith took over the Culter papermill from his father Bartholomew Smith in 1758. (Cf. Bushnell, p. 354.) He advertised in The Aberdeen Journal his desire to pay his deceased father's bills and also that he would give ready money for rags. (A. J., Oct. 10, 1758.)

SOMERVILLE (W.), bookseller in Lanark, 1773.

• Poems on Several Occasions, by James Graeme, is advertised in The Caledonian Mercury as being printed in Edinburgh for W. Somerville, the publisher, Lanark, and sold by him there. It was also sold by booksellers in Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee. (C.M., May 12, 1773.)

SOMMERS (THOMAS), glazier, stationer and print seller, Edinburgh, 1767-1771.

• Sommers first advertised his wares in The Caledonian Mercury in May, 1767. He was still in business in 1771. (C.M., May 20, 1767.)

SPENCE (MARK), merchant in Musselburgh, 1745.

• Spence sold copies of A Sermon on Romans IX, 3, by W. Halyburton. This work was also sold by L. Hunter, bookseller in Edinburgh, and David Randy, bookseller in Haddington. (C.M., Jan. 16, 1745.)

STALKER (WILLIAM), printer in Glasgow, 1768-1774.

• Ewing dates Stalker's period of activity as 1768-1774, but he also gives 1762 to 1787 as terminal dates for William Stalker and Company. William Stalker printed The Glasgow Journal at the following addresses; Second Storey of the Trades Land, head of the Saltmarket, 1770; Uppermost Storey, Gibson's Land, middle of the Saltmarket, 1771; Ingram's Land, head of the Gallowgate, 1772. (Couper R.G.B.S. VIII, p. 111.)

STEWART (MRS), relict of George Stewart, bookseller in Edinburgh, 1734.

• Mrs Stewart, relict of George Stewart, sold at her house in Anderson's Land, West-Bow, The History of Affairs of Church and State of Scotland from the Reformation, in 1734. Bushnell (p. 358.) gives the dates of George Stewart's activities as 1713-1745. (C.M., May 9, 1734.)

STORRY (ALEXANDER), bookseller in Edinburgh, 1775.

• The Caledonian Mercury reveals that Alexander Storry sold in 1775 'at his shop near the Cross' William Good's The Measurer and Tradesman's Assistant. (C.M., Aug. 23, 1775.)

SWELLS (JAMES), barber and stationer in Perth, 1697.

• Swells was admitted freeman of the Wright calling as lawful son to the deceased John Swells, barber, on 23 Sept., 1697. His right of entry was as freeman's son. (Bibliotheck, I, no. 4, p. 38.)

TAIT (JOHN), bookseller in Glasgow, 1768-1774.

• John Tait, bookseller, was made Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow on 22 Sept., 1768, as eldest lawful son to Thomas Tait, Wright. It is clear from The Caledonian Mercury that he was selling a number of books in conjunction with Peter Tait in the years 1772-1774. (C.M., Apr. 11, 1772; Oct. 29, 1774.)

TAIT (PETER), merchant, printer and bookseller in Glasgow, 1768-1795.

• Peter Tait, merchant, was made a Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow on 22 Sept., 1768, as having served an apprenticeship with William Marshall, bookseller. In 1770 he sold an edition of Allan Ramsay's Poems, and in the period 1772-1774 he sold a number of books in conjunction with John Tait. (See previous entry.) Ewing gives a terminal date for his activities as 1795. (B. & G.B. 1751-1846, p. 61.)

TARBETT (JOHN), stationer in Glasgow, 1760.

• John Tarbett, stationer, was made Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow as younger lawful son to Ninian Tarbett, merchant, on 18 Sept. 1760. (B. & G.B. 1751-1846, p. 36.)

TAYLOR (JOHN), bookseller in Berwick, 1770-1773.

• Taylor bought copies of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine in 1771 and 1772. The last date attached to his name in the account book is Feb. 1773. (La. III, 752.)

TAYLOR (JOSEPH), stationer and bookbinder in Aberdeen, 1775.

• Taylor advertised in The Aberdeen Journal that he had come lately from London and was now in business 'fronting the Post-Office, Aberdeen'. He sold stationery and books and was an ornamental bookbinder 'who binds books in Morocco, Russia and all other curious and elegant Bindings, at the most reasonable rates. Likewise gilds and marbles Leaves after the neatest manner.' (A.J., Oct. 9, 1775; Dec. 18, 1775.)

TELFER (R.), bookseller in Kelso, 1776.

• Telfer was one of the booksellers in the South of Scotland stocking A History of the Battle of Flodden printed at Berwick. (C.M. Mar. 26, 1774.)

TENNENT (JOHN), bookseller in Edinburgh, 1690.

• The Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session in most Cases of Importance . . . from July, 1621 to July, 1642, Edinburgh: Printed in the year MDCXC. Sold by Mr John Tennent and George Stewart, Booksellers in the Parliament Close. (E.U.L.)

THOMSON (CHARLES), bookseller in Montrose, 1750-1761.

• Thomson appears in advertisements both in The Caledonian Mercury and in The Aberdeen Journal. In May 1750 he is named as one of those selling Roberts' A Funeral Sermon . . . on the Right Honourable Francis, late Earl of Dalkeith. In February, 1761, he held subscriptions for the London edition of James Beattie's Original Poems and Translations. He was also a stockist of various patent medicines including Mayelston's Balsamic Tobacco. (C.M., May 29, 1750; Feb. 4, 1752; A.J., Dec. 4, 1753; Feb. 16, 1761.)

TODD or TOD (JOHN), bookseller in Arbroath, 1770-1773.

• Todd stocked Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine. The last date attached to his name in the account book is July, 1773. He advertised in The Caledonian Mercury that he sold Bibles, Prayer Books, Psalm Books, Testaments, and he says that he will get any new published book, when ordered, upon the shortest notice. He also notes that he takes in subscriptions for periodical publications. (La. III, 752; C.M., May 15, 1773.)

TURNER (-----), bookseller in Falkirk, 1749.

• Turner was one of the many Scottish booksellers named in the newspaper advertisements as stocking The Newcastle General Magazine. (C.M., Feb 14, 1749.)

VOY (JAMES), publisher in Edinburgh, 1739-1744-1749?

• James Voy was the publisher of that useful handbook The Edinburgh Almanack. In 1744 he sold it from his house in Craig's Close. (C.M., Aug. 28, 1739; Dec. 27, 1743.)

VOY (MRS), publisher in Edinburgh, 1749-1760.

• Mrs Voy took over the publication of The Edinburgh Almanack on her husband's death. The first Almanack on which I have found her name is that for 1750. It was 'printed by R. Fleming: and sold by the Widow of James Voy in Craig's Close.' In 1754, the Almanack was sold by the Widow of James Voy in the Uppermost Baxter's Close. (C.M., Dec. 26, 1749; Dec. 25, 1750: Copies of Almanack E.U.L.)

WALLACE (WILLIAM), merchant in Cruden, 1762.

• Wallace is named as the seller of a Bible Expositor or Catechism in The Aberdeen Journal. (A.J. Aug. 2, 1762.)

WATKINS (PHILIP), papermaker at Yester, 1721.

• This man was a member of the Watkins family who were His Majesty's Printers for Scotland. (Cf. Bushnell, p. 363.) Richard and Adrian Watkins were both papermakers also. (Waterston O.E.C. XXVII, 47.)

WATSON (JOHN), merchant and bookseller in Montrose. 1770-1773.

• Watson bought a number of sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine from June 28, 1770 to March 25, 1773. The account was partly settled on April 1,

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WATSON (J.), bookseller in Kinross, 1774.

• Watson was one of the four booksellers who advertised the fact that they stocked Swanston's Sermons on Several Important Subjects in March, 1774. (C.M., Mar. 19, 1774.)

WATSON (MRS), Widow and Assign of James Watson, bookseller in Edinburgh, 1723-1731.

• Mrs Watson seems to have carried on the business of her famous husband after his death. She had printed for her in 1723 An Act to oblige all Persons being Papists to Register their Names and Real Estates. In October, 1723, she advertised the second volume of The Works of Sir George McKenzie, which was available at her shop 'at the sign of the Red Lion.' Mrs Watson died in 1731. (C.M., Oct. 14, 1723; Atholl Papers.)

WATT (ANDREW), barber, bookbinder and stationer in Perth, 1676.

• Watt was received into the Wright calling on 25 December, 1676. He had served an apprenticeship. (Bibliotheck I, no. 4, p. 38.)

WATT (JOHN), bookseller, parchment-maker and bookbinder in Perth, 1670.

• John Watt's date of entry to the Wright calling was 24 Dec., 1670. He is elsewhere described in the records as stationer and bookbinder. (Bibliotheck I, no. 4, p. 38.)

WILLIAMSON (JAMES), bookbinder in Glasgow, 1770.

• James Williamson, bookbinder, was made Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow on 8 March, 1770, as having served an apprenticeship with James Duncan, younger, bookbinder in Glasgow. (B. & G.B. 1751-1846, p. 67.)

WILSON (DAVID), bookseller in Glasgow, 1748.

• David Wilson published in 1748 the following two-volume work: The Expository Works and other Remains of Archbishop Leighton. It was printed for him in Edinburgh. (St. Paul's Cathedral, vestry library, Dundee.)

WILSON (JOHN), bookseller in Dunfermline, 1754.

• Wilson was one of the many stockists of Scripture Songs in Three Parts printed in Glasgow by J. Newlands in 1754. His name appears upon the imprint. (Copy. St. A.U.L.)

WILSON (JOHN), bookseller in Dunkeld, 1771-1773.

• John Wilson bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine in the years 1771 to 1773. The last date attached to his name in the account book is Jan. 14, 1773. (La. III, 752.)

WRIGHT (ALEXANDER), bookseller in Aberdeen, 1749.

• Wright ran a book auction in Aberdeen in November, 1749. He said in the advertisement that he intended to print a catalogue. (A.J., Oct. 17, 1749.)

YOUNG (ALEXANDER), merchant and bookseller in Stirling, 1754.

• Young was amongst the many stockists in small Scottish towns of Ralph Erskine's Scripture Songs in Three Parts. (Copy. St. A.U.L.)

YOUNG (JAMES), bookseller in Duns, 1771-1774.

• Young bought sets of Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine from June, 1771, to March 25, 1773. In March, 1774, he is named in a newspaper advertisement as one of the booksellers stocking the Berwick edition of A History of the Battle of Flodden. (La. III, 752; C.M., Mar. 26, 1774.)

YOUNG (J.), printer in Glasgow, 1764.

• Ewing lists a J. Young as printing in partnership with R. Smith in 1764. I have no further information about this printer.

Index of Places

The names in the foregoing list (Parts I and II) are here indexed under places, as a supplement to Plomer, pp. 331-343, and Bushnell, pp. 422-424.

• ABERDEEN: J. Bruce, J. Burnett, R. Chalmers, W. Coutts, J. Ferrier, R. Forbes, A. McDonald, J. Taylor, A. Wright.
• ABERNETHY: J. Henderson.
• ARBROATH: J. Todd.
• AYR: A. Forsyth, A. Low.
• AUCHENDINNY: W. Annandale.
• BANFF: J. Imlach, J. Sinclair, J. Smith.
• BERWICK: W. Pherson, J. Taylor.
• BOGSMILL: N. Lithgow.
• BRECHIN: R. Mudie.
• COLINTON: J. Lithgow.
• CRUDEN: W. Wallace.
• CULLEN: W. & A. Dows.
• CULTER: R. Smith.
• DALKEITH: J. Megget.
• DALRY: A. Home, A. Daes.
• DUMFRIES: - Chalmers, J. Grierson, A. Maclauchlan, W. Mein.
• DUNDEE: P Boyd, J. Glas, - Guthrie, - Leighton, J. Scott.
• DUNFERMLINE: T. Drysdale, W. Henderson, J. Wilson.
• DUNKELD: J. Wilson.
• DUNS: J. Young.
• EDINBURGH: C. Alexander, L. Allan, J. Baillie, Ja. Baillie, P. Breusch, J. Chapman, Mrs Chapman, - Chisholm, N. Dupyne (near Edinburgh), R. Edward, L. Forsyth, J. Fraser, G. Gray, J. Hamilton, R. Henderson, G. Johnston, C. Ker, Mrs Macghie, A. McLean, A. Martin, A. Masson, J. Mitchell, R. Murray, R. Neilson, J. Paterson, J. Prophet, G. Reid, A. Richardson, J. Ross, W. Schaw, J. Scott, T. Sommers, Mrs Stewart, A. Storry, J. Voy, Mrs Voy, J. Tennent, Mrs Watson, D. Wilson.
• ELGIN: W. Grant.

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• FALKIRK: P. Mair, - Turner.
• FORFAR: A. Adam.
• GIFFORD: W. Baxter.
• GLASGOW: A. Adam, W. Bell, R. Bogle, W. Brown, P. Bryce, D. Cock, R. Colville, A. Duncan, J. Duncan, R. Duncan, T. Duncan, Dunlop & Wilson, John Galbraith, W. Gilmour, T. Lundin, C. McBrain, J. McEuen, A. McLean, S. McPherson, P. Mair, J. Marshall, W. Mitchell, J. Notman, Mrs. A. Orr, D. Reid, M. Robertson, M. Simson, W. Stalker, P. Tait, J. Tait, J. Tarbett, J. Williamson, J. Young.
• GREENOCK: - Hutcheson, M. Kelloch.
• HADDINGTON: W. Cunnington, A. Neil, D. Randy.
• HAMILTON: J. Reid.
• HUNTLY: G. Robson.
• INVERNESS: - Murray, J. Pearson.
• IRVINE: G. Leechman.
• KEITH: J. Palmer.
• KELSO: - Cockburn, G. Elliott, A. Ker, R. Telfer.
• KILMARNOCK: - Duncan, J. Nimmo, J. Paton.
• KINROSS: J. Watson.
• KIRKCALDY: - Macintosh, A. Webster.
• KIRKCUDBRIGHT: J. Murray.
• LANARK: W. Aitkine, W. Sommerville.
• LASSWADE: J. Mill.
• LINTON: W. Johnston.
• MONTROSE: D. Buchanan, C. Keith, - Lyall, D. Scott, C. Thomson, J. Watson.
• MUSSELBURGH: R. Ogilvy, M. Spence.
• PAISLEY: R. Aitken, G. Hunter.
• PENICUIK: W. Hamilton.
• PERTH: J. Black, P. Black, D. Buist, W. Hally, J. McLaren, R. Macmichael, J. Rae, A. Sharp, J. Swells, A. Watt, J. Watt.
• PORT GLASGOW: J. Menzies.
• POLTON: A. Fraser.
• RESTALRIG: J. Hamilton.
• SELKIRK: J. Ker.
• ST. ANDREWS: W. Adamson, A. Bell, A. McCulloch.
• STIRLING: W. Anderson, R. Banks, D. Mushet, T. Paton, A. Young.
• YESTER: D. Manes, P. Watkins.

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