Book of Donmon Teith

The scholarly interests of Scots in the Restoration period are analysed by Murray Simpson through an in-depth study of the library of the Reverend James Nairn (

Part 1: Analysis -- A Life of James Nairn -- How Nairn Acquired His Books: Some Aspects of the Scottish Book Market, c.1650-1685 -- Nairn's Library: An Overview

This is the first study of Jacobean Scotland's largest library: the collection assembled over several generations by the Lindsays of Balcarres.

"The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy of the 17th Century provides an advanced comprehensive overview of the issues that are informing research on the subj