Copy of `An Account of the Number of People in Scotland`, Alexander Webster`s analysis of the population arranged by counties.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.1.9
Dates
- Creation: 1755.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii folios + 79 pages. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
19th-century binding of black morocco, gilt-tooled.
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library at Sotheby`s, June 1893, lot 733.
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.170.
Bibliography
The work has been published by James Gray Kyd in ‘Scottish Population Statistics’ (Scottish History Society, 1952).
`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 17498.
`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 17498.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 04 08 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
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