Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 OA/5/3
Title
Catalogue of fossils
Date(s)
- July 1767 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
(1726-1796)
Archival history
Numbered as MS 27 in the 1832 Catalogue of Anderson's Library.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
List of Anderson's own collection of fossils, over 800 specimens stored in various locations, including, when known, the localities where the fossils were found. Da Costa, from whom Anderson purchased fossils, presented him with a collection of shells. Cover title: Optics - the notebook was intended to hold lecture notes on optics.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English