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The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Enlightenment and expansion 1707-1800

Author : Bill Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780748619122
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Enlightenment and expansion 1707-1800 by : Bill Bell

Download or read book The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Enlightenment and expansion 1707-1800 written by Bill Bell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first thorough study of the book trade during the age of Fergusson and Burns. The eighteenth century saw Scotland become a global leader in publishing, both through landmark challenges to the early copyright legislation and through the development of intricate overseas markets that extended across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Scots in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Dublin and Philadelphia amassed fortunes while bringing to international markets classics in medicine and economics by Scottish authors, as well as such enduring works of reference as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Entrepreneurship and a vigorous sense of nationalism brought Scotland from financial destitution at the time of the 1707 Union to extraordinary wealth by the 1790s. Publishing was one of the country's elite new industries. Over forty leading scholars come together in this volume to examine the development of Scotland's book trade from 1707 to 1800. Printing, binding, bookselling, libraries, textbooks, distribution and international trade, copyright, piracy, literacy, music publication, women readers, children's books and cookery books are among the many aspects of print culture that they scrutinize. Key Features* Discusses copyright and piracy with new data at a time when intellectual property laws are returning to eighteenth-century precedents* Provides new understandings of Scotland's early modern readerships, including women's libraries, music literacy, and the way in which Scots found in the growth of literacy an international marketplace for intellectual property* Original scholarship and previously unpublished source material on secular Gaelic print* 16 exclusive full colour images of rare Scottish bindings from private collections, 25 additional colour plates + 60 b & w illustrations.

Strathendrick and Its Inhabitants from Early Times

Author : John Guthrie Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Strathendrick and Its Inhabitants from Early Times written by John Guthrie Smith and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early Scottish Libraries

Author : John Durkan
Publisher : Glasgow Burns
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Early Scottish Libraries written by John Durkan and published by Glasgow Burns. This book was released on 1961 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Premodern Scotland

Author : Joanna Martin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191091480
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Premodern Scotland written by Joanna Martin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Premodern Scotland: Literature and Governance 1420-1587 brings together original essays by a group of international scholars to offer fresh and ground-breaking research into the 'advice to princes' tradition and related themes of good self- and public governance in Older Scots literature, and in Latin literature composed in Scotland in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and early seventeenth centuries. The volume brings to the fore texts both from and about the royal court in a variety of genres, including satire, tragedy, complaint, dream vision, chronicle, epic, romance, and devotional and didactic treatise, and considers texts composed for noble readers and for a wider readership able to access printed material. The writers and texts studied include Bower's Scotichronicon, Henryson's Testament of Cresseid, and Gavin Douglas's Eneados. Lesser known authors and texts also receive much-needed critical attention, and include Richard Holland's, The Buke of the Howlat, chronicles by Andrew of Wyntoun, Hector Boece, and John Bellenden, and poetry by sixteenth-century writers such as Robert Sempill, John Rolland of Dalkeith, and William Lauder. Non-literary texts, such as the Parliamentary 'Aberdeen Articles' further deepen the discussion of the volume's theme. Writing from south of the Border, which provoked creative responses in Scots authors, and which were themselves inflected by the idea of Scotland and its literature, are also considered and include the Troy Book by John Lydgate, and Malory's Le Morte Darthur. With a focus on historical and material context, contributors explore the ways in which these texts engage with notions of the self and with advisory subjects both specific to particular Stewart monarchs and of more general political applicability in Scotland in the late medieval and early modern periods.

The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland

Author : Sebastiaan Verweij
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198757298
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Literary Culture of Early Modern Scotland written by Sebastiaan Verweij and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the literary history of Scotland in the early modern period (1560-1625) by investigating what was the most important way of publishing such literature (mostly poetry): the manuscript. It organises the majority of surviving manuscripts by three different types of place where they were written and read: 1) the royal court, 2) the city, and 3) the country. It has long been believed that the renaissance in Scotland was a disappointing affair, butthis book argues that in fact it has long been misunderstood: the contents of little-known manuscripts paint a picture of a much more interesting cultural history than was previously known.

A History Book for Scots

Author : Walter Bower
Publisher : Birlinn Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History Book for Scots written by Walter Bower and published by Birlinn Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon—'a history book for Scots'. It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the Pharaoh's daughter, from Egypt with the Stone of Destiny. The land that her sons discovered in the Western Ocean was named after her: Scotland. It goes on to describe the turbulent events that followed, among them the wars of the Scots and the Picts (begun by a quarrel over a dog); the poisoning of King Fergus by his wife; Macbeth's usurpation and uneasy reign; the good deeds of Margaret, queen and saint; Bruce's murder of the Red Comyn; the founding of Scotland's first university at St Andrews; the 'Burnt Candlemas'; and the endless troubles between Scotland and England. Weaving in and out of the events of Bower's factual history, like a wonderful pageant, are other subjects that fascinated him: harrowing visions of hell and purgatory, extraordinary miracles; the exploits of knights and beggars, merchants and monks; the ravages of flood and fire; the terrors of the plague; and the answers to such puzzling questions as what makes a good king, and why Englishmen have tails. In 1998 Donald Watt and his team of scholars completed the first modern edition and translation of Scotichronicon in nine volumes. It has been described as 'a massive achievement for Scottish cultural history' (Sally Mapstone) and 'an open invitation to join a voyage of discovery' (Books in Scotland). This selection from the whole of Scotichronicon puts Bower's epic of Scotland into the hands of the general reader. It is a marvellous and unforgettable story. Perhaps its importance is best summed up by Bower himself, who wrote at the end of it: Non Scotus est Christe cui liber non placet iste—Christ! He is not a Scot who is not pleased with this book! A History Book for Scots is selected from the complete edition of Scotichronicon by Walther Bower, edited by D.E.R. Watt and a team of scholars, in nine volumes.

History of the Chisholms

Author : Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Chisholms written by Alexander Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Clan Chisholm is said to descend to have Norman origins and to have come from the borders of Scotland. However, for over six hundred years the clan has been associated with the highlands of Scotland, particularly Inverness, Sutherland, Ross and Caithness.

The Book of Mackay

Author : Angus MacKay
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 587912293X
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Mackay written by Angus MacKay and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1906 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Red and White Book of Menzies...

Author : David Prentice Menzies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781376104776
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Red and White Book of Menzies... written by David Prentice Menzies and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792

Author : Kelsey Jackson Williams
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900450379X
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Book Synopsis A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792 by : Kelsey Jackson Williams

Download or read book A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792 written by Kelsey Jackson Williams and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study of Jacobean Scotland's largest library: the collection assembled over several generations by the Lindsays of Balcarres.

Wedderburn Book

Author : Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Wedderburn Book written by Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A List of Books Printed in Scotland Before 1700

Author : Harry G. Aldis
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017943931
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (439 download)

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Book Synopsis A List of Books Printed in Scotland Before 1700 by : Harry G. Aldis

Download or read book A List of Books Printed in Scotland Before 1700 written by Harry G. Aldis and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Douglas Book

Author : Sir William Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Douglas Book written by Sir William Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of Dunblane

Author : Alexander B. Barty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781870542296
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The History of Dunblane written by Alexander B. Barty and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The red book of Menteith [memoirs of the earls of Menteith, followed by correspondence and charters].

Author : sir William Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The red book of Menteith [memoirs of the earls of Menteith, followed by correspondence and charters]. written by sir William Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Companion to Scottish Literature

Author : Gerard Carruthers
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119651530
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Scottish Literature written by Gerard Carruthers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Scottish Literature offers fresh readings of major authors and periods of Scottish literary production from the first millennium to the present. Bringing together contributions by many of the world’s leading experts in the field, this comprehensive resource provides the historical background of Scottish literature, highlights new critical approaches, and explores wider cultural and institutional contexts. Dealing with texts in the languages of Scots, English, and Gaelic, the Companion offers modern perspectives on the historical milieux, thematic contexts and canonical writers of Scottish literature. Original essays apply the most up-to-date critical and scholarly analyses to a uniquely wide range of topics, such as Gaelic literature, national and diasporic writing, children’s literature, Scottish drama and theatre, gender and sexuality, and women’s writing. Critical readings examine William Dunbar, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark and Carol Ann Duffy, amongst others. With full references and guidance for further reading, as well as numerous links to online resources, A Companion to Scottish Literature is essential reading for advanced students and scholars of Scottish literature, as well as academic and non-academic readers with an interest in the subject.

English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts

Author : Seymour De Ricci
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521156467
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts written by Seymour De Ricci and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1930 volume provides a historical study of English book and manuscript collectors from 1530 until the time of publication.