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Copy, 18th century, of ‘Staggering State of the Scots Statesmen’, from 1550 to 1650, by Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet, written circa 1665.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.8

Dates

  • Creation: Circa 1665.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (i + 38 folios. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

English

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 other 17th- and 18th-century copies of the work, see MS.3032, Adv.MSS.34.3.1-34.3.2, and in Adv.MSS.20.6.1, 31.6.15, 34.3.15, 34.5.8 and Wod.Oct.IV.

Bibliography

The work was first published by Walter Goodal in 1754, and reprinted for the Grampian Club in 1872, with a Memoir of the author by Reverend Charles Rogers. This copy corresponds with the first printed version of 1754, but does not include either the index or the `List of the Officers of State`.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
22 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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