`Essay sur le gouvernement des Turcs, leurs moeurs et leurs usages, par le baron de Tott’; copy of an unpublished work by François, Baron de Tott, the diplomatist, who published his ‘Mémoires’ in 1784.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.2
Scope and Contents
Small water-colour sketches of Turkish scenes and figures have been pasted in before each chapter-heading.
Dates
- Creation: 1763.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (iv + 186 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Bound in contemporary green morocco, gilt-tooled, with the coat of arms of Étienne François, duc de Choiseul.
Custodial History
The manuscript has the bookplate of Madame de la Borde.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 07 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:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk