Publications of John Robertson

Note: The following printer, bookseller, or publisher lists are works in progress. They are generated from title page imprints and may reproduce false and misleading attributions or contain errors.

What does "printed by" mean? How to read the roles ascribed to people in the imprints.

In terms of the book trades, the lists below are sorted into up to four groups where: the person is designated in the imprint as having a single role:

  1. "printed by x"; or
  2. "sold by x"; or
  3. "printed for x" or "published by x";

or as having the seller and printer roles in combination, or an absence of the printer's name following "London: printed:" or "London: printed,":

  1. "printed and sold by x"; or "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x"; or "printed: and sold by x"; or "printed, and sold by x";  and so on.

On this last point, trade publishers may seem to have "printed" or "published" the work, though they did not own the copyright. The lists below reflect only the information on the imprint, except where ESTC provides extra information.

See also "The Meaning of the Imprint."

Printed by John Robertson

  • Gray, Andrew. The cause, symptoms, and cure, of indifference to religion: a sermon, preached in the High Church of Edinburgh, May 31. 1767, Before his Grace, John Earl of Glasgow, his Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. By Andrew Gray, Minister of the Gospel in Abernethy. Edinburgh: printed by John Robertson; for James Dickson, Front of the Exchange, MDCCLXVII. [1767]. ESTC No. T101598. Grub Street ID 155449.
  • Carthon, the death of Cuchullin, and Dar-thula: poems, by Ossian the son of Fingal. Attempted in English verse, from Mr. Macpherson's translation. Edinburgh: printed by J. Robertson. And sold by T. Caddel [sic], London; and J. Dickson, Edinburgh, 1769. ESTC No. T137079. Grub Street ID 185147.
  • Congreve, William. The old bachelor. A comedy. By Mr William Congreve. Edinburgh: printed and sold by John Robertson, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]. ESTC No. T53645. Grub Street ID 280577.
  • Thom, William. Achan's trespass, in the accursed thing, considered: a sermon, preached in the church of Govan on the public fast, February XXVI. M,DCC,LXXVIII. By the Rev. William Thom, ... Edinburgh: printed by John Robertson. Sold by W. Gray; and James Duncan, Glasgow, 1779. ESTC No. N30469. Grub Street ID 19429.
  • Bruce, Michael. Poems on several occasions. By Michael Bruce. Edinburgh: printed by J. Robertson; for W. Anderson, Bookseller, Stirling, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]. ESTC No. T59953. Grub Street ID 285907.
  • Gregory, John. A father's legacy to his daughters. By the late Doctor Gregory, of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: printed by J. Robertson; and sold by all the booksellers anno, 1793. ESTC No. N9735. Grub Street ID 54610.

Sold by John Robertson

  • Dryden, John. The Spanish fryar; or, the double discovery. By Mr. Dryden. Edinburgh: printed and sold by John Robertson, 1774. ESTC No. N23978. Grub Street ID 13340.
  • Lee, Nathaniel. Theodosius: or, the force of love. A tragedy. By Nathaniel Lee. To which is prefixed, the life of the author; ... Edinburgh: printed and sold by J. Robertson; (successor to Tho. and Wal. Ruddiman), 1774. ESTC No. T174362. Grub Street ID 211450.
  • Debates in the House of Commons on the sixth and seventh of May, 1793, upon the motion of Charles Grey, Esquire, for Parliamentary reform. Together with a copy of the petition for the same: ... Edinburgh: printed and sold by J. Robertson. Mr. Walter Berry; Mr. Edward Leslie, Dundee; and Mr. John Neilson, Paisley. Anno, 1793. ESTC No. T153849. Grub Street ID 198060.

Printed for John Robertson

  • An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons, in the years 1790 and 1791; on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Edinburgh: printed for J. Robertson, 1791. ESTC No. N29168. Grub Street ID 18355.
  • The Psalms of David, in metre, by authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland. ... Edinburgh: printed for J. Robertson. Anno, 1793. ESTC No. T171575. Grub Street ID 209190.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by John Robertson

  • Wycherley, William. The plain dealer. A comedy. By William Wycherley. Edinburgh: printed and sold by J. Robertson, (successor to Tho. and Wal. Ruddiman), 1774. ESTC No. N11596. Grub Street ID 1597.
  • Young, Edward. The revenge: a tragedy. By Edward Young, L. L. D. To which is prefixed, the life of the author. Edinburgh: printed and sold by J. Robertson (successor to Tho. and Wal. Ruddiman), MDCCLXXIV. [1774]. ESTC No. T171531. Grub Street ID 209151.