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.
Ordered by Year. Order by Title? Order by Town?
Map Reference | Year | Title | Town | Printer |
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1 | 1508 | The Chepman and Myllar prints | Edinburgh | Chepman and Myllar |
2 | 1552 | The catechisme | St Andrews | John Scot |
3 | 1571 | To his loving brethren | Stirling | Robert Lekprevik |
4 | 1622 | Aabc | Aberdeen | Edward Raban |
5 | 1638 | The protestation of the Generall Assemblie | Glasgow | George Anderson |
6 | 1651 | By the commissioners at Leith | Leith | Evan Tyler |
7 | 1685 | The declaration and apology | Campbelltown | Unknown printer |
9 | 1694 | Mr Houstone's answer | Maybole | Unknown printer |
10 | 1711 | Discourse against swearing | Kirkbride | Robert Rae |
11 | 1715 | An essay upon the following questions | Dumfries | Robert Rae |
12 | 1715 | A letter from a gentleman in the King's camp | Perth | Robert Freebairn |
13 | 1746 | Battle of Falkirk | Bannockburn | Unknown printer |
14 | 1753 | Plan of education | Berwick upon Tweed | R. Taylor |
15 | 1759 | The mother's catechism | Dundee | Henry Galbraith |
16 | 1766 | Christ our righteousness (1775) | Falkirk | Daniel Reid |
17 | 1767 | Devil to pay | Canongate | Unknown printer |
18 | 1769 | Poems on several occasions | Dreghorn | Unknown printer |
19 | 1769 | Dying thoughts | Paisley | Alexander Weir, Archibald M'Lean |
20 | 1770 | Janus a character | Peebles | Unknown printer |
22 | 1774 | Sailm Dhaibhidh | Inverness | Alexander Davidson |
23 | 1774 | The doctrine of assurance considered | Restalrig | James Tytler |
21 | 1774 | The life surprising adventures | Crieff | J. Taylor, bookseller |
24 | 1778 | Poems full of gospel-marrow | Greenock | William McAlpine |
25 | 1780 | The trust | Kilmarnock | Peter M'Arthur |
26 | 1782 | Instructions and warning against perjury | Kelso | James Palmer |
27 | 1783 | The true state of the unhappy controversy | Hawick | George Caw |
28 | 1784 | Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ | Montrose | G. Johnston |
29 | 1785 | A new treatise on the due observation of the Sabbath | Carron | David Reid |
31 | 1790 | Andrew Lammie | Banff | James Davidson |
30 | 1790 | Faith in Jesus Christ | Ayr | John Wilson |
32 | 1793 | Catalogue of books in the subscription library | Dunse | James Brown |
33 | 1794 | The Westminster Shorter Catechism examined | Kirkcaldy | George Johnston |
35 | 1797 | Time, and the end of time | Whitburn | John Findlay |
34 | 1799 | An account of several remarkable earthquakes | Dunbar | George Miller |
36 | 1799 | Arbroath Magazine | Arbroath | John Findlay |
38 | 1800 | A conference betwixt James a burgher | Dalry | John Gemmill |
1802 | Address to the poor weavers | Cupar, Fife | Robert Tullis | |
1804 | Articles of constitution | Haddington | George Miller | |
1805 | Remarkable trial of Jean Maxwell | Kirkcudbright | Alexander Gordon | |
1807 | Miscellaneous poems | Wigtown | R. Hetherton | |
1808 | Sermons | Musselburgh | J. Findlay | |
1810 c. | Oran gaoil | Inveraray | Thomas Duncan | |
1813 | Rules of the West-Lothian Coursing-Club | Linlithgow | Alexander Waldie | |
1815 | The Irvine and County of Ayr Miscellany | Irvine | John Mennons & Son | |
1815 / 1816 | Skeldon Haughs; or, the sow is flitted | Auchinleck | James Sutherland | |
1815 / 1820 | A sermon on regular attendance on divine worship | Jedburgh | Walter Easton | |
1816 | Acts of the meetings of the Friendly Society | Aquhorties | Seminary Press | |
1816 | A candid statement of the opinions | Peterhead | Peter Buchan | |
1816 | A lecture on love | Stranraer | D. Duncan | |
1817 | Petty customs leviable within the burgh of Kinghorn | Kinghorn | James Birrell | |
1817 | To the parents | Selkirk | Thomas Brown | |
1818 | Magna Charta, as granted by King John, June 15, 1215 | Lanark | William Murray Borthwick & Co. | |
1818 | This charade was made by the Hon. Margaret Gray | Kinfauns | Kinfauns Press | |
1819 | Articles and regulations | Beith | Dr J. Gemmill | |
1820 | Sacramental meditations | Saltcoats | Unknown printer | |
1820 / 1821 | Clydesdale Journal | Hamilton | William Murray Borthwick | |
1820 ? | Six excellent songs | Newton-Stewart | Joseph M'Nairn | |
1820 c. | Seven love songs | Kincardine | W. Liddell | |
1821 | A peep at Parnassus | Forfar | Alexander Anderson | |
1821 | A tribute of regret | Lochwinnoch | William Taylor | |
1822 | A collection of original poems and songs | Annan | Peter Forrest | |
1823 | Castle-Douglas miscellany | Castle Douglas | Anthony Davidson | |
1824 / 1825 | Laoidhean spioradail | Tain / Bal-Dhuthais | Kenneth Douglas | |
1826 | A description of the ancient city of Dunkeld | Dunkeld | Unknown printer | |
1826 | The wreck | Largs | Robert Harriston | |
1826 | The register for the first society of adherents | Orbiston | W. M'Laren | |
1826 | Three sermons | Thurso | William Todd | |
1828 | Letter to W. Lennox, Esq. of Greenfield | Dumbarton | Dumbarton Printing Office | |
1828 | Contents of two drawers of a sideboard | Orkney | Unknown printer | |
1829 | Address to the inhabitants of Johnstone | Johnstone | Archibald Arnot | |
1830 | Tables of weights and measures for Caithness | Wick | William Todd | |
1830 | Tweed Fisheries | Galashiels | David Fair | |
1830 c. | A new song called Scotia free | Airdrie | J. and J. Neil |