Collecting, and not collecting: Jacobite material at the Advocates Library and National Library of Scotland

This article discusses the evidence for the Advocates Library's non-collection of pro-Jacobite material as it was published in the eighteenth century. This is described through the Faculty of Advocate's desire not to upset the political status quo, the Advocates Library's connections to Jacobites within Edinburgh's literati and book trade, and examination of the relevant material now held by the National Library of Scotland.