Records, preserves & shares Scotland's printing heritage
The first ever edition of The Scotsman, or Edinburgh Political and Literary Journal was produced on Saturday, January 25 1817, from premises in Edinburgh’s High Street. It was originally published weekly, and became a daily newspaper in 1850. The proprietors announced that their first desire is to be honest, the second is to be useful.
April 20, 2024
Robert Foulis was born on 20 April 1707. He and his brother Andrew established the Foulis Press, … [Read More...]
April 4, 2024
Scotland's first printers, Walter Chepman and Andro Myllar, completed printing John Lydgate's poem … [Read More...]
March 25, 2024
The National Trust for Scotland's Robert Smail's Printing Works opens for the season on 29 March … [Read More...]
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