Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society – No 7 2012

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Contents

  • Introduction – p8
  • Reading and Mending the Troy Book in Renaissance Scotland By Sebastiaan Verweij – p9
  • Sir John Sinclair, the County Agricultural Surveys, and the Collection and Dissemination of Knowledge 1793-1817, with a Bibliography of the Surveys: Part 1 By Heather Holmes – p29
  • Rosebery as Book Collector By Brian Hillyard – p71
  • From the Archives: The Two First Books Printed in the Scottish Language By E. Gordon Duff – p115
  • James ‘Hamish’ Seaton (1918-2012) By Brian Hillyard – p121

BOOK REVIEWS

  • STEPHEN W. BROWN AND WARREN MCDOUGALL, eds. The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Vol. 2 1707-1800 (Nicholas Phillipson)  – p123
  • G. THOMAS TANSELLE Bibliographical Analysis: A Historical Introduction (Helen Vincent) – p127
  • JOHN HINKS AND MATTHEW DAY, eds. From Compositors to Collectors: Essays on Book-Trade History (Robert Laurie) – p129
  • JOHN KUCICH AND JENNY BOURNE TAYLOR,eds. The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Vol. 3 The Nineteenth-Century novel 1820-1880 (Ian Campbell) – p132
  • BONNIE MAK How the Page Matters (Robert Laurie) – p134
  • G. THOMAS TANSELLE Book Jackets: Their History, Forms and Use (Heather Holmes) – p137
  • NICHOLAS BARKER The Roxburghe Club: A Bicentenary History (Brian Hillyard) – p140