Bell, Robert

Name/Title

Bell, Robert

Description

1.  b. Glasgow about 1731 and trained there as a bookbinder. Seems to have left Dublin having angered the local booksellers by pirating a number of books and pamphlets. Amory & Hall, History of the Book in America, pg. 284. 2. Bookseller and Publisher, 1771. Auction Advertisement, Pennsylvania Packet,  December 2. 1771. (The Forum, at the Online Library of Liberty.)

Also Known As

Robert Bell

Biographical Information

Occupation

Book Auctioneer,Printer,Bookbinder