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Related material: Scottish Publishers and English Literature 1750-1900
- Scotland and the Modern World: Literacy and Libraries
- Scottish Publishers, London Booksellers, and Copyright Law
- Andrew Millar. London) 1728
- William Strahan. London) 1738
- Robert and Andrew Foulis, The Foulis Press. Glasgow) 1741
- John Murray. London) 1768
- Bell & Bradfute. Edinburgh) 1778
- Archibald Constable. Edinburgh) 1798
- Thomas Nelson and Sons. Edinburgh) 1798
- John Ballantyne. Edinburgh) 1808
- William Blackwood. Edinburgh) 1810
- Smith, Elder & Co.. London) 1816
- William Collins. Glasgow) 1819
- Blackie and Son. Glasgow) 1831
- W.& R. Chambers. Edinburgh) 1832
- Macmillan. Cambridge and London) 1843
- Lesser Publishers
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