Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)

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Alexander Arbuthnot
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Alexander Arbuthnot printer's device, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
Died(1585-09-01)1 September 1585
OccupationPrinter
SpouseAgnes Pennycuik
Parent(s)John Arbuthnot, Sr

Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1 September 1585) was an early printer in Edinburgh, Scotland, the fourth son of John Arbuthnot Sr in Portertown and of Legasland.

He printed the first edition of George Buchanan's first History of Scotland in 1582.[1] He married one Agnes Pennycuick and died intestate.[2]

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