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.
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
Genre / Form
- 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
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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