Publisher's Synopsis
Over 65 lead scholars, librarians and archivists come together to analyse the development of the book in Scotland from the early 7th 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 17th century.Part II: Networks, Collections and Genre focuses in 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 genres of types of books and written material produced and consumed in Scotland over millennium of the country's history. Profiles of individual collectors help illustrate the wider narratives of individuals, institutions and networks of owners, collectors and patrons who helped shaped the bookish landscape of Scotland before the Union.
