Read the texts - titles, places, dates and printers

Here we list 73 printed items from Scotland's first printing towns that you can read online. You can order the list alphabetically by town or title, or by year. You can also access the first 36 texts from a clickable map.

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TitleTownYearPrinter
A candid statement of the opinionsPeterhead1816Peter Buchan
A collection of original poems and songsAnnan1822Peter Forrest
A conference betwixt James a burgherDalry1800John Gemmill
A description of the ancient city of DunkeldDunkeld1826Unknown printer
A lecture on loveStranraer1816D. Duncan
A letter from a gentleman in the King's campPerth1715Robert Freebairn
A new song called Scotia freeAirdrie1830 c.J. and J. Neil
A new treatise on the due observation of the SabbathCarron1785David Reid
A peep at ParnassusForfar1821Alexander Anderson
A sermon on regular attendance on divine worshipJedburgh1815 / 1820Walter Easton
A tribute of regretLochwinnoch1821William Taylor
AabcAberdeen1622Edward Raban
Acts of the meetings of the Friendly SocietyAquhorties1816Seminary Press
Address to the inhabitants of JohnstoneJohnstone1829Archibald Arnot
Address to the poor weaversCupar, Fife1802Robert Tullis
An account of several remarkable earthquakesDunbar 1799George Miller
An essay upon the following questionsDumfries1715Robert Rae
Andrew LammieBanff1790James Davidson
Arbroath MagazineArbroath1799John Findlay
Articles and regulationsBeith1819Dr J. Gemmill
Articles of constitutionHaddington1804George Miller
Battle of FalkirkBannockburn1746Unknown printer
By the commissioners at LeithLeith1651Evan Tyler
Castle-Douglas miscellanyCastle Douglas1823Anthony Davidson
Catalogue of books in the subscription libraryDunse1793James Brown
Christ our righteousness (1775)Falkirk1766Daniel Reid
Clydesdale JournalHamilton1820 / 1821William Murray Borthwick
Contents of two drawers of a sideboardOrkney1828Unknown printer
Devil to payCanongate1767Unknown printer
Discourse against swearingKirkbride1711Robert Rae
Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus ChristMontrose1784G. Johnston
Dying thoughtsPaisley1769Alexander Weir, Archibald M'Lean
Faith in Jesus ChristAyr1790John Wilson
Instructions and warning against perjuryKelso1782James Palmer
Janus a characterPeebles1770Unknown printer
Laoidhean spioradailTain / Bal-Dhuthais1824 / 1825Kenneth Douglas
Letter to W. Lennox, Esq. of GreenfieldDumbarton1828Dumbarton Printing Office
Magna Charta, as granted by King John, June 15, 1215Lanark1818William Murray Borthwick & Co.
Miscellaneous poemsWigtown1807R. Hetherton
Mr Houstone's answerMaybole1694Unknown printer
Oran gaoilInveraray1810 c.Thomas Duncan
Petty customs leviable within the burgh of KinghornKinghorn1817James Birrell
Plan of educationBerwick upon Tweed1753R. Taylor
Poems full of gospel-marrowGreenock1778William McAlpine
Poems on several occasionsDreghorn1769Unknown printer
Remarkable trial of Jean MaxwellKirkcudbright1805Alexander Gordon
Rules of the West-Lothian Coursing-ClubLinlithgow1813Alexander Waldie
Sacramental meditationsSaltcoats1820Unknown printer
Sailm DhaibhidhInverness1774Alexander Davidson
SermonsMusselburgh1808J. Findlay
Seven love songsKincardine1820 c.W. Liddell
Six excellent songsNewton-Stewart1820 ?Joseph M'Nairn
Skeldon Haughs; or, the sow is flittedAuchinleck1815 / 1816James Sutherland
Tables of weights and measures for CaithnessWick1830William Todd
The catechismeSt Andrews1552John Scot
The Chepman and Myllar printsEdinburgh1508Chepman and Myllar
The declaration and apologyCampbelltown1685Unknown printer
The doctrine of assurance consideredRestalrig1774James Tytler
The Irvine and County of Ayr MiscellanyIrvine1815John Mennons & Son
The life surprising adventuresCrieff1774J. Taylor, bookseller
The mother's catechismDundee 1759Henry Galbraith
The protestation of the Generall AssemblieGlasgow1638George Anderson
The register for the first society of adherentsOrbiston1826W. M'Laren
The true state of the unhappy controversyHawick1783George Caw
The trustKilmarnock1780Peter M'Arthur
The Westminster Shorter Catechism examinedKirkcaldy1794George Johnston
The wreckLargs1826Robert Harriston
This charade was made by the Hon. Margaret GrayKinfauns1818Kinfauns Press
Three sermonsThurso1826William Todd
Time, and the end of timeWhitburn1797John Findlay
To his loving brethrenStirling1571Robert Lekprevik
To the parentsSelkirk1817Thomas Brown
Tweed FisheriesGalashiels1830David Fair