`The Historie of Scotland from the year 1660` by Sir George Mackenzie. The only known manuscript, in the hand of a transcriber but with corrections in the hand of Sir George Mackenzie himself.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.6
Dates
- Creation: Before 1692.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (iii + 147 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Imperfect: wanting leaves for the period 1663-1669 (after folio 50) and for the period after 1677.
Custodial History
Presented to the Advocates’ Library, circa 1821.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.440.
Bibliography
The work was printed by Thomas Thomson, who has left some pencil notes in the manuscript, as ‘Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland from the Restoration of K. Charles II’ (Edinburgh, 1821). For an account of the rediscovery of the manuscript, see Thomson`s preface.
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
Contact:
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk