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This expertly annotated edition of the letters of one of the greatest eighteenth-century publishers and booksellers is an invaluable addition to the history of the book trade and authorship in Britain. The introductory life of Millar is a must-have resource, reassessing an ingenious, well-connected and highly influential literary entrepreneur; the notes to the letters are a bibliographical and historicaltour-de-force. * James Raven, FBA, University of Cambridge * In this monumental and comprehensive edition of the correspondence of Andrew Millar, the important bookseller who stood at the crux of the enlightenment, Adam Budd does more than provide an authoritative biography: he paints a delightful portrait of the complex life of a deeply social, highly committed, intelligent and serious man in mid-eighteenth-century London. The book's extensive Introduction could stand alone as a dazzling monograph on Scottish cultural history, so rich are its details and so deep is its reach. Plentiful and informative paratexts abound, including explanatory sections on diction, technical terms, money, and publishing procedures, a genealogy tree, chronology, bibliography, and lavish illustrations and reproductions of manuscript pages. Circulating Enlightenment is a stunning achievement and a must-read for any scholar of book history, eighteenth-century culture and Scottish studies. * Barbara M. Benedict, Trinity College *

In this monumental and comprehensive edition of the correspondence of Andrew Millar, the important bookseller who stood at the crux of the enlightenment, Adam Budd does more than provide an authoritative biography: he paints a delightful portrait of the complex life of a deeply social, highly committed, intelligent and serious man in mid-eighteenth-century London. The book's extensive Introduction could stand alone as a dazzling monograph on Scottish cultural history, so rich are its details and so deep is its reach. Plentiful and informative paratexts abound, including explanatory sections on diction, technical terms, money, and publishing procedures, a genealogy tree, chronology, bibliography, and lavish illustrations and reproductions of manuscript pages. Circulating Enlightenment is a stunning achievement and a must-read for any scholar of book history, eighteenth-century culture and Scottish studies. * Barbara M. Benedict, Trinity College * This expertly annotated edition of the letters of one of the greatest eighteenth-century publishers and booksellers is an invaluable addition to the history of the book trade and authorship in Britain. The introductory life of Millar is a must-have resource, reassessing an ingenious, well-connected and highly influential literary entrepreneur; the notes to the letters are a bibliographical and historicaltour-de-force. * James Raven, FBA, University of Cambridge *

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Adam Budd is Lecturer in Cultural History at the University of Edinburgh, and a Fellow and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. His studies in eighteenth-century culture have been published by Ashgate, Cambridge University Press, and Routledge, and he is a recipient of major research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.

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