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Author:

Baston, Karen, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012129224

Title:

Charles Areskine's library : lawyers and their books at the dawn of the Scottish enlightenment / by Karen Baston.

Publisher:

Brill,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 255 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Areskine, Charles,--1680-1763--Library.
Areskine, Charles,--(1680-1763)--Bibliothèque.
Areskine, Charles,--1680-1763.
Areskine, Charles.
Law--Scotland--History--History--18th century.
Law--Scotland--History--18th century.
Scotland--Intellectual life--18th century.
Droit--Écosse (GB)--Écosse (GB)--18e siècle--Ouvrages avant 1800.
Bibliothek.
Privatbibliothek.
Recht.
Schottland.
Ecosse (Grande-Bretagne)
Bibliographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Scottish lawyers in the Scottish enlightenment -- An enlightened advocate's library -- Two scholars : Areskine, Aikenhead, and their books -- Scottish legal scholars abroad -- A flourishing market for books -- Advocates' books in early eighteenth-century Scotland -- Miscellaneous books : Charles Areskine's polite learning -- The Scottish gentleman's library -- The fates of books : the Alva collections -- Conclusion.

Series:

Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 48
The handpress world ; volume 36

ISBN:

9004315373
9789004315372

OCLC:

(OCoLC)934239013

LCCN:

2016005487

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)