Original manuscript of ‘Fauna Orcadensis’ by George Low, Minister of Birsay.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.1
Dates
- Creation: 1776.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (238 folios. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library at the David Constable sale, 1828, lot 2965.
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.484.
Bibliography
Low, George. ‘Fauna Orcadensis’, edited by William Elford Leach (Edinburgh, 1813).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 14 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
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk