
Rax me that Buik
Highlights from the Collections of the National Library of Scotland
Iain Gordon Brown
ISBN: 978 1 85759 638 0
Size: 274 x 196 mm / 7.7 x 10.7 in.
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
In association with: National Library of Scotland
Date published: October, 2010
UK £16.95 /US $29.95
Highlights
- A wide-ranging survey of an extraordinary and eclectic collection
- Reflects the major contribution Scotland and the Scots have made to world history and culture
Description
From its 17th-century origins, the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, one of the great research libraries of the world in every field, has developed an extraordinary collection of printed and manuscript material relating to Scotland and to the Scots. From genuine early Gaelic literature and the fictions of Ossian; from Mary, Queen of Scots, to explorer David Livingstone and architect Robert Adam; from great figures of the Enlightenment of the stature of David Hume and Adam Smith, to soldiers like Earl Haig; from Inveraray and Culloden to the furthest reaches of Australia and America, the Scots and Scotland have made history and changed the world. This celebration of the Library’s Scottish collections, widely interpreted, provides a brief history of the institution and the development of its holdings, and focuses on a selection of the most interesting, exciting and unusual items, often going beyond the conventional ‘treasures’, describing and illustrating each one.
Author information
Dr Iain Gordon Brown is Principal Curator of Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland and has published extensively on many aspects of the collections.