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Notes, taken by Wilhelm Ludwig Becker, of the lectures of Christoph August Heumann at Göttingen on his ‘Conspectus reipublicae literariae’, based on the expanded text of the 3rd and subsequent editions.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.15

Scope and Contents

The notes on chapter v are divided in two (pages 725, 846); otherwise the order of the published work is reproduced exactly (notes on chapter i begin on page 3, on ii on page 9, on iii on page 14, on iv on page 28, on vi on page 726, on vii on page 786).

Dates

  • Creation: 1746-1747.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (926 pages. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

An index auctorum (page 857) is completed only as far as the middle of chapter iv, paragraph viii; an index rerum (page 871) covers only the beginning of chapter v.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Bibliography

Heumann, Christoph August. ‘Conspectus reipublicae literariae’, 3rd edition (Hannover, 1733).
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
25 05 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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