Publications of James 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 James Robertson

  • The trial of John Grant, sheriff-clerk depute of the shire of Inverness, before the circuit court of justiciary held there, on May 1, 1793. for forgery. Edinburgh: printed and sold by J. Robertson, No. 4. Horse-Wynd, 1793. ESTC No. T51689. Grub Street ID 278908.

Printed for James Robertson

  • Margarot, Maurice. The trial of Maurice Margarot, delegate from London, to the British convention. Before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 13th and 14th of January, 1794, for sedition. Taken in shorthand by Mr. Ramsey. Carefully corrected, and many Sentences added, which, owing to the low tone of voice used by some of the Witnesses, are omitted in the London Copy. The Public may therefore be assured that this is the Genuine Edition. Edinburgh: printed for James Robertson, No. 4, Horse Wynd, and sold in London by D. I. Eaton, No 74, Newgate street, J. Jordan, No. 166, Fleet street W. Ramsey, No. 37, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, and J. Marsom, No. 187, High Holborn, [1794]. ESTC No. T122114. Grub Street ID 172839.