Notebook kept by Andrew Melville
- Date:
- 1699-1701
- Reference:
- MS.6880
- Part of:
- Whytt, Robert (1714-1766), F.R.S., Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh University and President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Notebook kept by Andrew Melville, a student at Glasgow University under James Woodrow (d. 1707), Professor of Divinity.
Largely extracts from printed works of history, chronology and theology: including Walter Raleigh's History of the World [ff. 29r.-40v.], Thomas Hearne's Ductor Historicus, or a short system of universal history [ff. 43r.-64v.] and others.
Publication/Creation
1699-1701
Physical description
164 ff. 1 vol., 164 × 106 mm. Fully bound in leather, remains of ties and spine label.
Biographical note
Andrew Melville of Glasgow became a student of Leyden University in 1703.
Finding aids
Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores