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`The Historie of Scotland from the year 1660` by Sir George Mackenzie. The only known manuscript, in the hand of a transcriber but with corrections in the hand of Sir George Mackenzie himself.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.6

Dates

  • Creation: Before 1692.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (iii + 147 folios. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Imperfect: wanting leaves for the period 1663-1669 (after folio 50) and for the period after 1677.

Custodial History

Presented to the Advocates’ Library, circa 1821.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.440.

Bibliography

The work was printed by Thomas Thomson, who has left some pencil notes in the manuscript, as ‘Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland from the Restoration of K. Charles II’ (Edinburgh, 1821). For an account of the rediscovery of the manuscript, see Thomson`s preface.
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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