A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792: The Story of 'Some bonie litle bookes'

Author:   Kelsey Jackson Williams ,  Jane Stevenson ,  William Zachs
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   103
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9789004503779


Pages:   514
Publication Date:   19 May 2022
Format:   Hardback
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A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792: The Story of 'Some bonie litle bookes'


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"This is the first study of Jacobean Scotland's largest library: the collection assembled over several generations by the Lindsays of Balcarres. It challenges prior understandings of pre-Union Scotland's book culture, presents the catalogue of a collection of international importance for the first time, and recovers the intellectual history behind this ""Great Bibliotheck"". The volume includes chapters on the history of the library to the Restoration (Jane Stevenson) and from Restoration to Enlightenment (Kelsey Jackson Williams) as well as a detailed discussion of the library's reconstruction (William Zachs and Jackson Williams), a full catalogue, and appendices."

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Author:   Kelsey Jackson Williams ,  Jane Stevenson ,  William Zachs
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   103
Weight:   1.007kg
ISBN:  

9789004503779


ISBN 10:   9004503773
Pages:   514
Publication Date:   19 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Part 1: History and Context 1 From Reformation to Restoration  1 Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell (1551?–1610)  2 John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir (1552–98)  3 David Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres (1587–1641)  4 Between Manuscript and Book  5 Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres (1618–59) 2 From Restoration to Enlightenment  1 Early Life  2 Early Purchases  3 The 1680s: Politics and Power  4 Margaret Campbell, Countess of Balcarres, and the Balcarres Lute Book  5 Exile and Return  6 A National Legacy 3 Reconstructing the Lindsay Library  1 A Library Unpacked and Reassembled  2 Books, Catalogues, and the Shape of the Library  3 Book Lists  4 The Reconstruction  5 Bibliometrics  6 Conclusion Part 2: Catalogue and Appendices 4 Catalogue Appendix A: Transcriptions of Manuscript Book Lists I–VIII Appendix B: Facsimile of 1792 Printed Sale Catalogue Appendix C: Shelf-List of Lindsay Library Volumes at Balcarres House Today Appendix D: Index of Prior and Subsequent Owners Index

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Kelsey Jackson Williams, DPhil, University of Stirling, is lecturer in early modern literature at that university and has published extensively on Scottish intellectual and book history, notably The First Scottish Enlightenment: Rebels, Priests, and History (Oxford University Press, 2020). Jane Stevenson, PhD, Campion Hall, University of Oxford, is Senior Research Fellow in that society and has published widely on Latinity, women's history, Catholic history, and British authors abroad. William Zachs, PhD, LittD, University of Edinburgh, is Honorary Fellow in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and one of the world's leading authorities on the history of the eighteenth-century book and author of The First John Murray and the Late Eighteenth-Century London Book Trade (Oxford University Press, 1998).

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