Robert Freebairn was appointed Printer to the Queen for Scotland on 11 August 1711 in Edinburgh. He later printed for the ‘Pretender’s Army’ at Perth in 1715.
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OTD 20 April 1707
20 April 2025
Robert Foulis was born on 20 April 1707. He and his brother Andrew established the Foulis Press, … [Read More...]
OTD 10 April 1878
10 April 2025
The printing works of Thomas Nelson & Sons at Hope Park Crescent was destroyed by fire on the … [Read More...]
OTD 4 April 1508
4 April 2025
Scotland's first printers, Walter Chepman and Andro Myllar, completed printing John Lydgate's poem … [Read More...]
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