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Books, borrowers, and shareholders: Scottish circulating and subscription libraries before 1825: a survey and listing
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society in association with the National Library of Scotland
2012
A survey of early commercial and proprietary subscription libraries in Scotland.
Books, buildings, and social engineering: early public libraries in Britain from past to present
Ashgate
2009
An assessment of the development and influence of British public libraries.
Catalogue of the printed books and pamphlets in the library of the Linnean Society of London
Linnean Society
1925
A catalogue of the Linnean Society's holdings which identifies those that came from Linnaeus's own library.
Edinburgh University Library: 1580 - 1980: a collection of historical essays
Edinburgh University Library
1982
A history of one of the oldest libraries in Scotland, issued to celebrate its 400th anniversary.
Libraries in the ancient world
Yale University Press
2001
The story of ancient libraries from when books were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon.
Medieval libraries of Great Britain: a list of surviving books
Royal Historical Society
1987
Addenda and corrigenda to Ker's cornerstone work, edited by his literary executor.
The memory of mankind: the story of libraries since the dawn of history
Oak Knoll Press
2001
A discussion of the role that libraries have played in the history of civilization.
Scottish libraries
British Library in association with the British Academy
2006
A compilation of the library records that have survived from mediaeval Scotland.
