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−	[[File:0011904c.jpg \| thumb \| ~~300px~~ \| border \| Calotype portrait of David Laing by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson]](1793-1878) Antiquary, bookseller, & Librarian of the Signet Library	+	[[File:0011904c.jpg \| thumb \| 250px \| border \| Calotype portrait of David Laing by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson]](1793-1878) Antiquary, bookseller, & Librarian of the Signet Library

	The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing Collection\|collection]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]].		The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing Collection\|collection]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]].

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−	(1793-1878) Antiquary, bookseller, & Librarian of the Signet Library	+	[[File:0011904c.jpg \| thumb \| 300px \| border \| Calotype portrait of David Laing by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson]](1793-1878) Antiquary, bookseller, & Librarian of the Signet Library

	The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing Collection\|collection]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]].		The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing Collection\|collection]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library\|Edinburgh University Library]].

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 (1793-1878) Antiquary, bookseller, & Librarian of the Signet Library
-The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing collection|Collection of manuscripts]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]].
+The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing Collection|collection]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]].
 While still a young man he achieved a reputation for a 'truly wonderful degree of skill and knowledge in

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 (1793-1878) Antiquary, bookseller, & Librarian of the Signet Library
-The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing collection|collection of manuscripts]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]].
+The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing collection|Collection of manuscripts]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]].
 While still a young man he achieved a reputation for a 'truly wonderful degree of skill and knowledge in

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 (1793-1878) Antiquary, bookseller, & Librarian of the Signet Library
-The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc/collections/special-collections/rare-books-and-manuscripts/rare-books-directory-section/david-laing collection of manuscripts] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]].
+The bequest to Edinburgh University Library of David Laing's vast [[Laing collection|collection of manuscripts]] has been described as 'the most important manuscripts donation in the Library's history'. Born in Edinburgh, Laing studied at the University of Edinburgh before joining his father as a bookseller. His life and career repeatedly touched [[Library|Edinburgh University Library]].
 While still a young man he achieved a reputation for a 'truly wonderful degree of skill and knowledge in

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 David Laing died unmarried, bequeathing his collection of manuscripts to the University Library. This includes autograph correspondence from many famous contemporaries in the worlds of literature and scholarship, as well as such gems as the C17 ''Stamboek'' or ''Album Amicorum'' of Michael van Meer. His collection of printed books was sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge over thirty-one days in 1879 and 1880, and realised £16,137.
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 An antiquary, editor of older texts and an inveterate collector of books and manuscripts, he was appointed Librarian of the Signet Library in 1837, holding the post until his death in 1878.
-His direct benefactions to the Library began and continued through his life. As Secretary to the Bannatyne Club, he arranged for the Library to receive a free copy of each of the Club's publications as it appeared; and his arranging for [[James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps]] to have access to the Library's rare quarto of Shakespeare's ''Titus Andronicus'' resulted in the former's magnificent gift and bequest of his Shakespeariana collections a few years later.
+His direct benefactions to the Library began and continued through his life. As Secretary to the Bannatyne Club, he arranged for the Library to receive a free copy of each of the Club's publications as it appeared; and his arranging for [[James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889)]] to have access to the Library's rare quarto of Shakespeare's ''Titus Andronicus'' resulted in the former's magnificent gift and bequest of his Shakespeariana collections a few years later.
 David Laing died unmarried, bequeathing his collection of manuscripts to the University Library. This includes autograph correspondence from many famous contemporaries in the worlds of literature and scholarship, as well as such gems as the C17 ''Stamboek'' or ''Album Amicorum'' of Michael van Meer. His collection of printed books was sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge over thirty-one days in 1879 and 1880, and realised £16,137.
 [[Category:Alumni|Laing, David]][[Category:Benefactors|Laing, David]]

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