Roman antiquities. Correspondence and papers of George Chalmers, being materials towards Book I of his ‘Caledonia’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.17
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers are in the hand of Chalmers’s nephew James: several of these are queries with answers on the same leaves from George Chalmers`s correspondents; other papers include extracts from contemporary printed sources.
Dates
- Creation: 1799-1803.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (241 folios. Mostly quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Bought by the Advocates’ Library, Sotheby`s, 25 March 1895, lot 1000.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Chalmers, George. ‘Caledonia’, volume I (London, 1807).
Chalmers Sale Catalogue (1842), volume iii, lot 1670.
`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 13678.
Chalmers Sale Catalogue (1842), volume iii, lot 1670.
`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 13678.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 27 01 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk