A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792

Kelsey Jackson Williams, DPhil, University of Stirling, is lecturer in early modern literature at that university and has published extensively on Scottish intellectual and book history, notably The First Scottish Enlightenment: Rebels, Priests, and History (Oxford University Press, 2020). Jane Stevenson, PhD, Campion Hall, University of Oxford, is Senior Research Fellow in that society and has published widely on Latinity, women's history, Catholic history, and British authors abroad. William Zachs, PhD, LittD, University of Edinburgh, is Honorary Fellow in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and one of the world's leading authorities on the history of the eighteenth-century book and author of The First John Murray and the Late Eighteenth-Century London Book Trade (Oxford University Press, 1998).

Contents


Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgements


List of Illustrations


Abbreviations





Part 1: History and Context


1 From Reformation to Restoration


 1 Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell (1551?–1610)


 2 John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir (1552–98)


 3 David Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres (1587–1641)


 4 Between Manuscript and Book


 5 Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres (1618–59)





2 From Restoration to Enlightenment


 1 Early Life


 2 Early Purchases


 3 The 1680s: Politics and Power


 4 Margaret Campbell, Countess of Balcarres, and the Balcarres Lute Book


 5 Exile and Return


 6 A National Legacy





3 Reconstructing the Lindsay Library


 1 A Library Unpacked and Reassembled


 2 Books, Catalogues, and the Shape of the Library


 3 Book Lists


 4 The Reconstruction


 5 Bibliometrics


 6 Conclusion





Part 2: Catalogue and Appendices


4 Catalogue





Appendix A: Transcriptions of Manuscript Book Lists I–VIII





Appendix B: Facsimile of 1792 Printed Sale Catalogue





Appendix C: Shelf-List of Lindsay Library Volumes at Balcarres House Today





Appendix D: Index of Prior and Subsequent Owners





Index