Robert Burns's First Printer: John Wilson of Kilmarnock; Part 2: Printing Books for Local Authors
Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Scottish literature, book history, provincial publishing
Abstract
Examines (with title-page images) the newly-written books and pamphlets issued by the Scottish printer John Wilson (1758-1821), of Kilmarnock and Ayr, discusses methods of publication such as job printing, publication on commission, and publication by subscription, and argues that the titles show signs of change and individuality in the culture of Robert Burns's Ayrshire. Focuses especially on publications showing the religious controversy between Auld Licht and Moderate Presbyterian ministers and on the volumes of original poetry that Wilson printed, especially those by David Sillar, John Lapraik, and Robert Burns himself, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Kilmarnock, 1786). .
Publication Info
Published in Robert Burns Lives!, ed. Frank R. Shaw, Issue 152, 2012.
Scott, Patrick. "Robert Burns's First Printer: John Wilson of Kilmarnock; Part 2: Printing Books for Local Authors." Robert Burns Lives 152 (2012). (c) Patrick Scott and Robert Burns Lives!, 2012.
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Scott, Patrick. "Robert Burns's First Printer: John Wilson of Kilmarnock; Part 2: Printing Books for Local Authors." Robert Burns Lives 152 (2012). (c) Patrick Scott and Robert Burns Lives!, 2012.