![]() Emblem of Roberts Bros., publishers, 1869 | |
Founded | 1857 |
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Founder | Austin J. Roberts, John F. Roberts, and Lewis A. Roberts |
Successor | Little, Brown and Company |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Boston, Massachusetts |
Publication types | Books |
Messrs. Roberts Brothers (1857–1898) were bookbinders and publishers in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1857 by Austin J. Roberts,[1] John F. Roberts,[2] and Lewis A. Roberts,[3] the firm began publishing around the early 1860s. American authors included: Louisa May Alcott, Susan Coolidge, Emily Dickinson, Maud Howe Elliott, Louise Imogen Guiney, Julia Ward Howe, Helen Hunt Jackson, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker. British and European authors included: Berthold Auerbach, Caroline Bauer, Mathilde Blind, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Anne Gilchrist, David Gray, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Jean Ingelow, Vernon Lee, William Morris, Silvio Pellico, Adelaide Ristori, A. Mary F. Robinson, George Sand, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Helen Zimmern.