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Roman antiquities. Correspondence and papers of George Chalmers, being materials towards Book I of his ‘Caledonia’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.17

Scope and Contents

Many of the papers are in the hand of Chalmers’s nephew James: several of these are queries with answers on the same leaves from George Chalmers`s correspondents; other papers include extracts from contemporary printed sources.

Dates

  • Creation: 1799-1803.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (241 folios. Mostly quarto.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Bought by the Advocates’ Library, Sotheby`s, 25 March 1895, lot 1000.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Bibliography

Chalmers, George. ‘Caledonia’, volume I (London, 1807).

Chalmers Sale Catalogue (1842), volume iii, lot 1670.

`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 13678.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
27 01 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

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