Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland. Volume 2. Enlightenment and expansion, 1707-1800

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Wide ranging content covering publishing, printing and distribution as well as 'consumption' issues. Structured in six chapters: 1] 'Emergence of the modern trade. Eleven essays which include: 'Copyright and Scotishness' / 'Inside the printing house' / 'William Smellie, a printer's life' / 'Paper manufacture' / 'Atlases, map makers and map engravers' / 'Map engraving and printing' / 'Spread of printing'; 2] 'Developing a market place for books'. Eight essays which include: 'Selling books in early eighteenth century Edinburgh - a case study' / 'The business papers of Bell & Bradfute' / 'Edinburgh' / 'Glasgow' / 'Scottish publishers in London'; / 'Ireland'; 3] 'Intellectual exchanges and Scottish authors abroad'. Eleven essays; 4] 'The popular press and the public reader'. Fifteen essays: 'Subscription and circulating libraries' / 'Newspapers and magazines' / 'Cheap print on Scottish streets' / 'Cookery books' / 'Children's books'; 5] 'Publishing the Enlightenment'. Thirteen essays; 6] 'Scottishness and the book trade'. Touches on: John Balfour, bookseller, printer and newspaper proprietor; Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh booksellers and printers; William Creech, Edinburgh bookseller and printer; The Duncan family, Glasgow papermakers, booksellers, printers; Charles Elliot, Edinburgh bookseller; Encyclopaedia Britannica; Robert & Andrew Foulis, Glasgow printers; William Smellie, Edinburgh printer