We have recently bought a collection of biographical sketches and anecdotes relating to famous Britons who had distinguished themselves during the French Revolutionary War (1793-1802). Among the 24 men described in ‘Neuer brittischer Plutarch’ (AB.2.214.37) are the Scots Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan; Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville; Thomas Erskine, fisrt Baron Erskine; and Sir John […]
Tag: France
An early French chronicle with Scottish connections
We have recently received a fabulous donation from the collection of the late John Buchanan-Brown, an author and translator of French books. The book is the 1560 edition of Les annales et croniques de France by Nicole Gilles, (RB.l.282). A vernacular history of France, this edition was printed in Paris for the female bookseller and publisher, Barbe Regnault. […]