Publications of Robert and

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 Robert and

  • Ramsay, Allan. The tea-Table miscellany: a collection of choice songs, Scots and English. Formerly in four volumes, now comprised in two. By Allan Ramsay. Vol. I. Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768]. ESTC No. N13435. Grub Street ID 3354.

Sold by Robert and

  • Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-. Dialogues of the dead; together with some fables, composed for the education of a prince. By the late M. de Fenelon, Preceptor To The Infants Of France, And Afterwards Archbishop-Duke Of Cambray. Newly translated from the French by Mr. Elphingston. Vol. I. Containing The Dialogues Of The Ancients. Glasgow: printed and sold by Robert and Andrew Foulis, MDCCLIV. [1754]. ESTC No. N17770. Grub Street ID 7233.

Printed for Robert and

  • Michaelis, Johann David. Introductory lectures to the sacred books of the New Testament. By John-David Michaelis, ... Edinburgh: printed for Robert and James Morisons, Perth, 1779. ESTC No. N2226. Grub Street ID 11628.