This manuscript has been formed from various accessions: folio 3, bought, Sotheby’s, 15 April 1975, lot 536; folio 7, bought, Christie’s, 2 April 1975, lot 90; folio 24, bought, Christie’s, 2 April 1975, lot 110; folio 29, presented, 1970, by Norman C S Down, Edenbridge, Kent; folio 37, bought, Sotheby’s, 18 February, 1975, lot 335; folios 39-45, bought, Sotheby’s 20 May 1975, lot 366; folio 59, bought, Sotheby’s 20 May 1975, lot 303; folios 60, 187-202, 207, 215-219, transferred, 1963-1975, from the Department of Printed Books; folio 70, bought, Christie’s, 2 April 1975, lot 195; folio 84, bought, Sotheby’s, 18 February, 1975, lot 427; folios 90-96, bought, Sotheby's, 3 December 1974, lot 187; folio 165, bought, Sotheby’s, 22 July 1975, lot 487; folio 171, presented, 1974, by Robert F Metzdorf, North Colebrook, Connecticut; folios 173-174, presented, 1963, by Miss Ann MacDonald, Edinburgh; folios 209-214, presented, 1972, by R McCutcheon, Bannockburn; the rest bought elsewhere at various dates, 1970-1975.