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Lang Collection

Developed by the Library during the present century from existing stock, with additional purchases from time to time. It totals over 430 volumes of works by and edited by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scottish man of letters and student at St Andrews 1861-1863; strong in his first editions. The collection was greatly augmented by a bequest of over 200 volumes from Roger Lancelyn Green in 1989. There is also a strong collection of Lang manuscript material in the department of manuscripts, including over 1000 letters and over 50 literary and miscellaneous manuscripts and proofs .

Finding aids

The whole of the original Lang collection is available through the on-line catalogue, Saulcat. The Lancelyn Green bequest is available here: Andrew Lang Bequest (PDF, 1,590 KB). The collection has the prefix Lan

Bibliography

Marisa de Moor, Andrew Lang (1844-1912; late Victorian humanist and journalistic critic, with a descriptive checklist of the Lang letters. 2 vols. Typescript thesis for the degree of D.Phil, Ryksuniversiteit Gent (1982-1983), available for consultation in the Special Collections Department.