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Two copies, 17th century, of ‘The Staggering State of the Scottish Statesmen this last 100 years bygone viz. from the year 1550 to the year 1650’ by Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet, Senator of the College of Justice, written circa 1665.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.34.3.1-34.3.2

Dates

  • Creation: Circa 1665.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (2 volumes.)

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.MS.33.5.8, 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.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
27 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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