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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bound manuscript volume, titled 'A Catalogue of Gaelic Books', 1899

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Identifier: Coll-98/5/1
Scope and Contents

This is a catalogue of books published in Scottish Gaelic, including titles, authors, and year of publication. Previous historical records have recorded it as D. Maclean's Typographia Scoto-Gadelica. This bound manuscript is dated 1899, while a Typographia Scoto-Gadelica, by D. Maclean, was published in 1915 (a digitized copy is available on the National Library of Scotland website; see External Documents below). Mackinnon appears to have added notes and later publications.

Dates: 1899

Bound volume, containing catalogue of Gaelic publications, Late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-98/5/3
Scope and Contents Many of the pages are blank. Handwritten notes are distributed throughout the book, therefore there are gaps between notes. The notes form a catalogue of publications in Gaelic in the late 19th century, including information on publication titles, authors, and dates of publications. Publications include Gaelic literature, scriptures, psalters, and periodicals.The earliest noted publication is Carswell's Prayer Book in 1567. The latest noted publications are in 1878, which...
Dates: Late 19th century