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Musaeum Balfoureanum. Or A Catalogue of the Rarities Which were collected by Sr Andrew Balfour; And bought from his Heirs, by the Town Council of Edinburgh. For the Use & Ornament of their Colledge

[Letter from John Hall to Ralph Thoresby], 1-19 (Catalogue)

Edinburgh University Library, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Date:c. 1700 Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source)Andrew Balfour (1630-1694) Mentioned or referenced byAndrew Balfour (1630-1694) Mentioned or referenced byTown Council of Edinburgh (-) Scribe (in assoc. with a ms or print source)James Paterson (-fl. 1702) Annotation:The catalogue itself was probably produced by Balfour--Paterson is named as a donor in the third person at the end of the catalogue (f. 17v)--, but Paterson evidently added content, since some of the citations postdate Balfour (e.g. Lhyud's Lithophylacii Britannici ichnographia, published in 1699).