The Scottish Gentlemanâs Library

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004315389_009

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Books and sociability were linked in the legal community of early eighteenth-century Scotland. By organising his library, the ancient Roman advocate Cicero felt that he had given his house a soul. Eighteenth-century Scottish lawyers agreed with this idea. Prominent legal families created libraries for their collections and used them not just as places to keep books but also as social meeting places and drawing rooms. Several notable Scottish legal libraries were built by Areskineâs contemporaries, including those created at Arniston for the Dundas family and at Newhailes for the Dalrymples. The creation of a library catalogue was an indication of a desire not just to find but to lend books. This chapter considers the physical space of the library as the centre of an enlightened gentlemanâs life with special reference to the Scottish legal community. The library kept by Areskineâs wife Grisel Grierson is also considered as are the books collected by Areskineâs sons Charles and James Erskine.

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Charles Areskineâs Library

Lawyers and Their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment

Series:Â Library of the Written Word, Volume: 48Â andÂ Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World, Volume: 48

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004315389

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2016

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