A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Brown, or Broun (Robert)
BROWN, or BROUN (ROBERT), stationer in Edinburgh; The Sun, on the north side of the street, over against the Cross, 1649-85 (?). Probably the Robert Brown, "my prenteiss," to whom Robert Crombie, q.v., in 1645 left his "best stand of cloaths." One of the six booksellers who in 1671 successfully appealed to the Privy Council against Anderson's attempted enforcement of his monopoly. His will was registered May 7th, 1685. [H. G. Aldis, List of Books printed in Scotland before 1700, Edin. Bibl. Soc. Publ., 1905, p. 109.] See also Swintoun (G.) and R. Brown.