Scholarly book collecting in Restoration Scotland : : the library of the Revd James Nairn (1629-1678) / / by Murray C.T. Simpson.

The wide scholarly interests of Scots in the Restoration period are analysed by Murray Simpson through this in-depth study of the library of James Nairn (1629-1678), a Scottish parish minister. The collection demonstrates a remarkable receptivity to new intellectual ideas. At some two thousand title...

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Superior document:Library of the Written Word. Handpress World ; Volume 82
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Library of the written word. Handpress world ; Volume 82.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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