Abbreviations
Numbers in bold in the text refer to the corresponding entries in the catalogue.
| ALE |
Advocates Library, Edinburgh |
| AM |
Ignacio-Miguel Pascual-Valderrama & Joaquín Pérez-Pariente, ‘The Alchemical Manuscripts of David Lindsay (1587–1641), Lord Lindsay of Balcarres’, Ambix 64 (2017): 234–262. |
| B[letter, no.] |
Shelfmark in the modern library at Balcarres. |
| Barker |
Nicolas Barker, Bibliotheca Lindesiana. London: Printed for Presentation to the Roxburghe Club, 1977. |
| Bibliotheca |
Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Catalogue of the Printed Books Preserved at |
| Lindesiana |
Haigh Hall. Wigan, Co. Pal. Lancast., 4 vols. Aberdeen: at the Aberdeen University Press, 1910. |
| BNF |
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris |
| BUL |
Birmingham University Library |
| C[no.] |
1792 sale catalogue with relevant lot number (reproduced in Appendix B). |
| Craven |
J.B. Craven, ‘A Scottish Alchemist of the Seventeenth Century: David, Lord Balcarres’, Journal of the Alchemical Society 1 (1913): 68–75. |
| Crawford |
David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford, Bibliotheca Lindesiana, 2 vols. Undated, bound typescript, penes the present Earl of Crawford. |
| Durkan & Ross |
John Durkan & Anthony Ross, Early Scottish Libraries (Glasgow, 1961). |
| EDIT16 |
EDIT16: Censimento nazionale delle edizioni italiane del XVI secolo, |
| ESTC |
English Short Title Catalogue, |
| EUL |
Edinburgh University Library |
| FSL |
Folger Shakespeare Library |
| GUL |
Glasgow University Library |
| GW |
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, |
| ISTC |
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, |
| JCL |
Jesus College Library, Oxford |
| Mitchell |
William Smith Mitchell, A History of Scottish Bookbinding, 1432 to 1650. Edinburgh: Published for the University of Aberdeen by Oliver & Boyd, 1955. |
| MS x/x/x |
Manuscript book list from the Balcarres archives, now in the NLS (reproduced in Appendix A). |
| NCLE |
New College Library, Edinburgh |
| NLS |
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| NYPL |
New York Public Library |
| RBGE |
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh |
| RCPE |
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
| ROE |
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh |
| SC |
Schøyen Collection |
| SLE |
Signet Library, Edinburgh |
| STCN |
Short-Title Catalogue, Netherlands, |
| STUL |
St Andrews University Library |
| TCC |
Trinity College, Cambridge Library |
| UIL |
University of Illinois Library |
| ULL |
University of London Library |
| USTC |
Universal Short Title Catalogue, |
| VD16 |
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts, gateway-bayern.de › index_vd16 |
| VD17 |
Das Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts, |
| WCL |
Worcester College Library, Oxford |
| YBL |
Yale Beinecke Library |