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    Name of Collection: National Library of Scotland, First Scottish Books
    URL of Collection: http://www.nls.ac.uk/digitallibrary/chepman/books.htm

    Name of Institution: National Library of Scotland
    Institution URL: http://www.nls.ac.uk

    Description: The only known copies of the nine earliest books printed in Scotland. Also known as 'The Chepman & Myllar Prints', they were produced in or about 1508 on scotland's first printing press by Walter Chepman and Andrew Myllar.

    Main language of the collection: English
    Type of Material: Printed Documents

 

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