Autograph manuscripts, with an incomplete transcript, of the lectures delivered by David Hume as Professor of Scots Law in Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.6.1-81.6.41
Scope and Contents
For each manuscript is given the chapter(s), with title(s) contained in it, and, in brackets, reference to volume and page of the Stair Society edition of the lectures.
Dates
- Creation: 1786-1822.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (41 volumes.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscripts were presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1873 by John Hay Athole Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh, Lord Justice Clerk.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
The lectures have been published by G Campbell H Paton for the Stair Society (Edinburgh, 1939-1958), in 6 volumes.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 24 09 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk