The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 1, Part II - by Daryl Green & Alastair J Mann & Joseph Marshall & Emily Wingfield (Hardcover)

About the Book

Presents exciting new research on the key book collectors, authors and genres which rose and fell in popularity across the medieval and early modern period in Scotland.

Book Synopsis

Over two parts, 69 leading scholars, librarians and archivists come together to analyse the development of the book in Scotland from the early seventh century BCE to the 1707 Union, from depictions of books in carved stone monuments to the printing presses of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow producing pamphlets and receipts used for everyday business at the end of the seventeenth century.

Part II: Networks, Collections and Genre focuses on the types of books and printed material that were being made, produced, collected and used in Scotland in the medieval and early modern periods. On a scale not before attempted, Part II includes a survey of the genres of books and written material produced and consumed in Scotland over a millennium of the country's history. Profiles of individual collectors help to illustrate the wider narratives of individuals, institutions and networks of the owners, collectors and patrons who helped shaped the bookish landscape of Scotland before the Union.

Review Quotes

As well as complementing Part I of this excellent volume, this exhaustive study of patrons, libraries and of genres of writing is a remarkable collection in its own right. A landmark study in our understanding of Scotland's textual heritage.--Michael Brown, University of St Andrews

This collection wonderfully captures Scotland's vibrant reading cultures, from the people who patronised book production, to the founding of libraries, to the genres encountered by readers. A must for every historian's bookshelf.--Laura Stewart, University of York