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

In Charles Areskine's Library , Karen Baston uses a detailed study of an eighteenth-century Scottish advocate's private book collection to explore key themes in the Scottish Enlightenment including secularisation, modernisation, internationalisation, and the development of legal literature...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baston, Karen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.
Colección:Library of the written word ; volume 48
The handpress world ; volume 36
Temas:
Areskine, Charles, > 1680-1763 > Library.
Areskine, Charles, > 1680-1763.
1700-1799
Law > Scotland > Bibliography > History > 18th century.
Law > Scotland > History > 18th century.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Archives & Special Libraries.
Intellectual life.
Law.
Law > Bibliography.
Libraries.
Scotland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Écosse > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Scotland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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