This manuscript has been formed from various accessions:

folio 1, bought, Sotheby's, 14 November 1933, lot 426; folios 48-49, bought, 1934, Dulau, Catalogue 220, number 175; folios 52-53, presented, 1932, by the Trustees of the late A Carlyle. folios 54-55, 76-77, bought, Sotheby's, 4-5 March 1935, lots 430 and 451; folios 70-71, 80-81, 88, bought, Sotheby's, 21 July 1936, lot 370; folios 58-62, 72-75, 89-92, bought, 1936, Dobell, Catalogue 15, number 113; folios 63-65, presented, 1934, J H Jamieson; folios 82-84, bought, 1936, James Smith and Son, Limited, Glasgow; folio 86-87, bought, 17 July 1934, lot 422; folios 93-94, 97-98, bought, Sotheby's, 10 December 1935, lot 451; folios 39-40, 99-100, bought, 1934, Bernard Quaritch; folios 107-108, bought, 1936, Francis Edwards; folios 111-112, bought, Sotheby's, 21 May 1935, lot 441; the rest bought elsewhere at various dates, 1932-1936.