RABAN 400
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Theses Philosophicae is the first book printed in Aberdeen in July 1622.  Raban produced it within weeks of his arrival in the town.  This first volume was THESES PHILOSOPHICAE was a  collection of nine Masters theses for defence that summer.  It contains theses by Alexander Wishart (Sophocardius), Andrew Watt (Walterus), George Gordon, Gilbert Wishart (Sophocardius), William Cumming, John Elphinstone, John Lundy (Lundæus), Michael Elphinstone and Patrick Forbes.  The Roll of Graduates for 1622 lists only eight (Alexander Wishart is not included).  Bishop  Patrick Forbes was instrumental in getting Raban to Aberdeen was also the Chancellor of King's College, and the title page shows that from the start Edward Raban was:

Universitatis Tyographus

To this, later that year, would be added the role of

Urbis Typhographus

or Printer to the Town
The work is important because it was the first indigenously printed volume in the North-East of Scotland and also because it demonstrates how quickly Raban was able to deliver printed material, having had little over a month to produce this volume. ​
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Exhibition panel for the volume of Theses.

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Raban 400 is a partnership involving Robert Gordon University, the University of Aberdeen Special Collections, Peacock & the Worm, and Aberdeen City Council Library and Information Service. It has been made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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  • Home
  • Digital Exhibition
    • Who was Edward Raban
    • Raban Revisted
    • Raban's Circle
    • Perth Assembly
    • Arrival in Aberdeen
    • Ornaments and Devices
    • Raban and the Bear
    • The Townes Armes
    • Time of Turmoil
    • Elusive to the end
    • Legacy
    • Raban at St Andrews
    • Theses Philosophicae
    • Poeticall Recreations
    • Raine from the clouds
    • First blast of the trumpet
    • A silver watchbell
    • Prognostications
    • Raban's Psalter
    • Funerals and Epitaphs for Bishop Patrick Forbes
    • Duplyes
    • Solemn League and National Covenant
    • Antidote agaynst Poperie
    • The Old Roman Catholick
  • Events
    • Printing Workshops
  • Printing Workshops
  • Raban Family
  • Up Close Day