Illustrations of the topography and antiquities of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff.
Series: Spalding club, Aberdeen. [Publications. 37, 17, 29, 32]
Publisher: Printed for the Spalding club
Published: 1847
Place of publication: Aberdeen
Language: eng
Subjects: Aberdeenshire (Scotland) -- History -- Sources; Banffshire (Scotland) -- History -- Sources
Notes: Vol. I dated 1869.
Preface signed: George Grub.
The first volume, as planned by Robertson, "with a lengthened preface, and its documentary illustrations" was never published. After Robertson's death, George Grub wrote a preface for the "Collections" and "Illustrations," containing a biographical notice of Robertson, which, with an Index of persons and Index of places, for both the "Collections" and "Illustrations", was published, 1869, as "The first volume" of the Illustrations.
Contains a large number of brief documents (charters, letters, notes, etc.) arranged by presbyteries and parishes.