The Edinburgh Courant was a broadsheet newspaper from the 18th Century. It was published out of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Its first issue was dated Feb 14-19, 1705 and was sold for a penny. It was one of the country's first regional papers, second only to the Norwich Post (1701). The paper was produced twice weekly for five years, then continued as the Scots Courant until April 1720. Later that same year, the Edinburgh Evening Courant began publication, and it survived until the Evening News came into existence in 1873.
Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe was its editor in the early 18th century. James Hannay, Naval History writer, was its editor from 1860-1864.
Images of the newspaper have been digitilized and can be viewed through Ancestry.com, with a subscription.