Copy of ‘The Life of Sir Robert Sibbald, M.D.’, made by William Gibb, writer, for the Advocates` Library, 1805, from the original manuscript, 1695, which has apparently been lost.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.1
Dates
- Creation: 1695.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (viii + 76 pages. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Sibbald`s autobiography was first published in Edinburgh in 1833, edited by James Maidment, later appearing in Maidment`s ‘Analecta Scotica’ (Edinburgh, 1834-1837). Another Maidment edition was published in 1837 and the life was also edited from this manuscript by Francis Paget Hett (London, 1932).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 22 07 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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk