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Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817

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Notes and drafts on archaeological subjects., 1797.

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Identifier: Acc.14324/4
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File including drafts in Byres’ hand of a caption for his volume of engravings of Etruscan tombs, drafts of a proposed work on ancient Italy; a notebook? Filled by Patrick Moir with notes on the archaeology of Rome, mostly copied from Andrew Lumisden Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome, London, 1797, including appendices IV and V of that work in extenso; and a précis of the first chapter of Mario Guarnacci: Origin Italione, Luca 1767.

Dates: 1797.

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