Cover illustration: First entries of the Catalogus librorum quibus bibliothecam Academiae Jacobi Regis Edinburgenae adauxit R.D. Jacobus Narnius, Pastor Vaemiensis (Edinburgh: excudebat Thomas Brown, 1678). © Edinburgh University Library.
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Names: Simpson, Murray C. T., author.
Title: Scholarly book collecting in Restoration Scotland : the library of the Revd James Nairn (1629-1678) / by Murray C.T. Simpson.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] | Series: Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 82 | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020018166 (print) | LCCN 2020018167 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004402430 (hardback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9789004413788 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Nairn, James, 1629-1678--Library. | Nairn, James, 1629-1678--Library--Catalogs. | Private libraries--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--17th century. | Early printed books--Scotland--Edinburgh--17th century--Bibliography--Catalogs. | Book industries and trade--Scotland--History--17th century. | Scotland--Intellectual life--17th century.
Classification: LCC Z997.N154 S56 2020 (print) | LCC Z997.N154 (ebook) | DDC 017/.2--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018166
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018167
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ISSN 1874-4834
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