Publications of Robert Foulis

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 Foulis

  • Marcus Aurelius. The meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Newly translated from the Greek: with notes, and an account of his life. Glasgow: printed by Robert Foulis; and sold by him at the College; by Mess. Hamilton and Balfour, in Edinburgh; and by Andrew Millar, over against St. Clements Church, London, MDCCXLII. [1742]. ESTC No. T98333. Grub Street ID 317629.

Printed for Robert Foulis

  • Leechman, William. The temper, character, and duty of a minister of the gospel. A sermon preached before the Synod of Glasgow and Air; at Glasgow, April 7th, 1741. By William Leechman ... Glasgow: printed for Robert Foulis; and sold by him and the booksellers in Edinburgh and Glasgow, [1741?]. ESTC No. T181299. Grub Street ID 217882.