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Volume containing two descriptions by the Scottish author David Buchanan (?1595-?1652): `Provinciae Edinburgenae Descriptio` and `Edinburgi Descriptio`, possibly written in his own hand.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.19

Dates

  • Creation: Circa 1648.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (11 pages. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library at the sale of Sir Robert Sibbald’s books, April 1723.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

Related Materials

For another manuscript copy (1749) of the descriptions, see Adv.MS.35.3.12(ii), page 550.

Bibliography

The descriptions were published in ‘Macfarlane`s Geographical Collections’, volume ii (Edinburgh, 1907) and in ‘Miscellanies’ of the Bannatyne Club, volume ii.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
13 07 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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