‘Papers read at the Meetings of the Knights of the Round Table during the summer of A.D.1842.’
Scope and Contents
According to an entry in an old sale-catalogue pasted on the inside cover, “These literary efforts .. . were the work of the Members of a small Edinburgh Literary and Social Club, consisting of Law Students, who, as the Knights of the Round Table, met in Bourgeois’ Tavern, Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh".
Dates
- Creation: 1842.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
275 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
vi + 269 folios.
Custodial History
The papers were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby’s Sale, 5 December 1929, lot 728.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
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