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=== Historical note === | === Historical note === | ||
The National Library of Scotland is the descendant of the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, formally inaugurated in 1689, and its collections bear testimony to more than 300 years of acquiring printed and manuscript material in a variety of subject fields, through purchase, gift and deposit. The foundation collection of the Advocates’ Library comprised mainly civil law texts in continental printings of the 16th and 17th century; however, during the 18th century the Library, principally through the right of statutory deposit (first granted by an Act of Parliament in 1710), began to build up a broad-based collection of books in the humanities which made it the ‘national library of Scotland’ in all but name. Legal deposit did not begin to be rigorously enforced until the late 19th century and largely covered the acquisition of current British publications; | The National Library of Scotland is the descendant of the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, formally inaugurated in 1689, and its collections bear testimony to more than 300 years of acquiring printed and manuscript material in a variety of subject fields, through purchase, gift and deposit. The foundation collection of the Advocates’ Library comprised mainly civil law texts in continental printings of the 16th and 17th century; however, during the 18th century the Library, principally through the right of statutory deposit (first granted by an Act of Parliament in 1710), began to build up a broad-based collection of books in the humanities which made it the ‘national library of Scotland’ in all but name. Legal deposit did not begin to be rigorously enforced until the late 19th century and largely covered the acquisition of current British publications; | ||
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=== Name and coverage of file === | === Name and coverage of file === | ||
The file consists of 14,295 records from the Library’s General Catalogue of Printed Books. These were extracted on the basis of record quality only and therefore cover a wide range of material which originates from the general and certain special collections as well as recent acquisitions. While much is connected with aspects of Scottish literature, history, culture and printing, including over 1,000 records from the Library’s Gaelic-related collections, | The file consists of 14,295 records from the Library’s General Catalogue of Printed Books. These were extracted on the basis of record quality only and therefore cover a wide range of material which originates from the general and certain special collections as well as recent acquisitions. While much is connected with aspects of Scottish literature, history, culture and printing, including over 1,000 records from the Library’s Gaelic-related collections, | ||
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+ | The National Library of Scotland holds over 600 15th-century books or incunabula (from the Latin word for ' | ||
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=== Mode of cataloguing === | === Mode of cataloguing === | ||
Records in this file have been catalogued book in hand and to full AACR2 standard. In addition, in the case of all works printed before 1801, but also of some of the later material, the cataloguing follows the rules of DCRB (Descriptive Cataloguing of Rare Books). For works printed before 1801 the option of " | Records in this file have been catalogued book in hand and to full AACR2 standard. In addition, in the case of all works printed before 1801, but also of some of the later material, the cataloguing follows the rules of DCRB (Descriptive Cataloguing of Rare Books). For works printed before 1801 the option of " |
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