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Grangerized copy of ‘A large new catalogue of the Bishops of...Scotland’ by Robert Keith (Edinburgh, 1755).
File
Identifier: MS.8888
Scope and Contents
The volume contains additional notes and information (taken chiefly from the Acts of the General Assembly) written in a contemporary hand in the margins of many of the pages and on small sheets of paper tipped in at various places throughout.
Also enclosed are a printed prospectus of the work, dated Edinburgh, 1753, receipted by the author (folio 3), and a letter, 1925, returning the volume to its owner.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1753, 1755, 1925.
Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22019-22020
Dates:
1913-1951, undated.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates:
1561, 17th century-late 19th century.
Papers (chiefly printed) originating with Sir John Sinclair.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.3.3
Dates:
1804-1830.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.10
Dates:
1797-1807.