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Author Baston, Karen, author.

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

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Library of the written word ; volume 48
The handpress world ; volume 36
Library of the written word. Handpress world ; volume 36.
Library of the written word ; volume 48.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
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Subject Areskine, Charles, 1680-1763 -- Library.
Areskine, Charles, 1680-1763.
Law -- Scotland -- Bibliography -- History -- 18th century.
Law.
Scotland.
Bibliography.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Law -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Intellectual life.
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Law.
Other Form: Print version: Baston, Karen. Charles Areskine's library. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016 9789004315372 (DLC) 2016005487
ISBN 9789004315389 (electronic book)
9004315381 (electronic book)
9789004315372 (hardback ; alkaline paper)