Publications of Robert Urie

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 Urie

  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Instructive novels. Viz. The Story of two Damsels. The Lady Cornelia Bentivoglio. The Generous Lover. The Force of Blood. The Spanish Lady. The Jealous Husband. Translated from the Original Spanish of Michael Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote, By Thomas Shelton. A New Edition with the Life of the Author. Glasgow: printed by Robert Urie, MDCCL. [1750]. ESTC No. T60530. Grub Street ID 286382.

Sold by Robert Urie

  • Sherlock, William. A discourse concerning the happiness of good men, and the punishment of the wicked, in the next world, etc. ... By William Sherlock, D.D. ... Glasgow: printed and sold by Robert Urie, 1753. ESTC No. T208657. Grub Street ID 237467.

Printed for Robert Urie

  • Otway, Thomas. Plays: viz. The orphan: and Venice preserv'd. By Thomas Otway. To which is prefixed, a short account of the life of the author. Glasgow: printed for Robert Urie, 1767. ESTC No. N11785. Grub Street ID 1787.