Humorous stories and anecdotes, largely Scottish, with occasional extracts from contemporary books, reviews, and newspapers, all 18th century.

File

Identifier: MS.9317

Scope and Contents

Internal dates in the manuscript are from 1740-1762. Newspaper-cuttings, pasted on the boards and binding pages, are dated 1779-1780.

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202 Leaves ; Quarto.

Undetermined

202 folios.

The manuscript was bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.

Bought, 1956.

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Author: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin

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