This is a printed volume, being the only complete copy now known to exist of the three parts published of the dictionary of Alexander Robertson, schoolmaster, Kirkmichael, Perthshire. It was printed by Charles Stewart, Edinburgh, 1803, on paper watermarked 1802.

Another copy of the three specimens was sent by Robertson to the Highland Society of Scotland in 1808 subsequent to sending the manuscripts of the remainder of his work (now Adv.MS.73.3.16 etc.) and receiving £30. His request for more money was refused on the grounds that this payment was for the complete work (Minutes, 24/6/1808).

The manuscript contains Gaelic-English dictionary A-Cathan. It ends abruptly in article Cathan, thence continued in Adv.MS.73.3.16 (original), middle of page 49 = Adv.MS.72.2.19 (Alexander MacLaurin’s copy), page 1. There are occasional additions in MacLaurin’s hand. Ins. f. c.: key to abbreviations in 20th-century hand.