[Sutherland Collection : bought by the Advocates Library in 1705 and 1707 from James Sutherland, Professor of Botany at Edinburgh University and Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.]
Sutherland, James,approximately 1638-1719,collector.StEdNL.
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[1486-1701]
Primarily consisting of works on botany and the medical use of plants. There are also a substantial number of works on numismatics. Most of the works are in Latin and have continental imprints. Items from the collection can be identified by the Advocates Library ex libris followed by 'prius M. Jacobi Sutherland', from the donations register (FR 139) which lists most, but by no means all, of the books, and from works with certain X shelfmarks in the printed catalogue of 1742.
All items also catalogued separately.
In addition there are also two manuscript works placed at Adv.MS.23.5.10 and Adv.MS.23.7.10.
The catalogue by W.A. Kelly is based on FR.139.
Kelly, W. A. Catalogue of James Sutherland's library
Primarily consisting of works on botany and the medical use of plants. There are also a substantial number of works on numismatics. Most of the works are in Latin and have continental imprints. Items from the collection can be identified by the Advocates Library ex libris followed by 'prius M. Jacobi Sutherland', from the donations register (FR 139) which lists most, but by no means all, of the books, and from works with certain X shelfmarks in the printed catalogue of 1742.
Botany
Botany, Medical
Medicine
Natural history
Numismatics