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Volume containing: (i) a copy of ‘An Index, drawn up about the year 1629, of many records of charters, granted by the different Sovereigns of Scotland between the years 1309 and 1413 ...’ by William Robertson (Edinburgh, 1798); (ii) a copy of ‘Various tracts concerning the Peerage of Scotland’ by James Carmichael (Edinburgh, 1791), 1791, 1798.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.16

Scope and Contents

(i) contains some amendments (chiefly at pages x-xxv) and notes in an unidentified contemporary hand, and a few notes by John Riddell. (ii) contains marginal notes by John Eiston, whose signature is on the verso of the title page, and a few by Riddell.

Dates

  • Creation: 1791, 1798.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (liii + 196 + 15 printed pages; viii + 164 printed pages. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Bibliography

Maidment, John. ‘The Riddell Papers: a Catalogue of the Annotated Books and Manuscripts of the late John Riddell, Esq., Advocate` (privately printed, Edinburgh, 1863): RC 84.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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