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Microfilm of drafts of the ‘Topographical Dictionary’ by George Chalmers.
Microfilm of drafts of works of George Chalmers; and, papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
Microfilm of early 14th century manuscripts containing works of Justinian.
The contents are as follows:
Early 14th-century manuscript, 1330-1335, containing the 'Volumen' and 'Liber Feudorum' of Justinian, with the 'Glossa Ordinaria' of Accursius, and some miniatures of Andrea da Bologna (Adv.MS.10.1.4 (i));
Early 14th-century manuscript, 1310-1320 containing Books 39-50 of the 'Digesta' of Justinian, with the 'Glossa Ordinaria' of Accursius (Adv.MS.10.1.4 (ii)).
Microfilm of early fourteenth-century manuscript containing the 'Volumen' and 'Liber Feudorum' of Justinian, with the 'Glossa Ordinaria' of Accursius, and some miniatures of Andrea da Bologna.
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Microfilm of ‘Ethica proumialia’, 1674, and ‘Coronis’, [?1674], by Johannes Innes and ‘Compediolum Logicum’, [before 1678], by Henry Scougal.
Microfilm of Ewen MacLachlan’s ‘Leabhar Caol’, containing transcripts (with occasional notes) from nine manuscripts sent to him for examination by the Highland Society of Scotland.
Microfilm of extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.
Microfilm of fair copy, [1821, or after], of ‘Jadee Jathu’, an account of the castes in Malabar by Alexander Walker; and, Memorandums, [circa 1800], of Alexander Walker concerning Malabar.
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy, [1821, or after], of ‘Jadee Jathu’, volume I by Alexander Walker (MS.13810);
Fair copy, [1821, or after], of ‘Jadee Jathu’, volume II by Alexander Walker (MS.13811);
Memorandum, [circa 1800[, of Alexander Walker on the 'origin of money in Malabar' (MS.13825);
Memoranda, 1801, of Alexander Walker on land tenures and on the state of slavery in Malabar (MS.13826).
Microfilm of family papers of the Grahams of Airth, notably of and concerning Charles Stirling, the estate of Ardoch Penn and Jamaica.
Microfilm of final draft of an unpublished appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary’, by Edward Dwelly (1864-1939), Fleet, Hants; and, lexicographical fragments originally loosely enclosed in the draft, written by Dwelly and various of his informants.
The contents are as follows:
Final draft, early 20th century, of an unpublished appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English dictionary’ by Edward Dwelly (MS.14957);
Lexicographical fragments, early 20th century, found loose in MS.14957, written by Edward Dwelly and various of his informants (MS.14958).
Microfilm of genealogical and heraldic material.
Microfilm of genealogical material.
Microfilm of ‘Geographical Collections’, volume 1, of Walter Macfarlane, 1748-1749; and, copy of David Hume's original manuscript account, 1763-1766, of the quarrel between himself and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
The contents are as follows:
‘Geographical Collections relating to Scotland containing particular Description of Shires, Parishes, Burroughs etc in that Kingdom’, of Walter Macfarlane, 1748-1749, volume 1 (Adv.MS.35.3.12(i));
Copy of David Hume's original manuscript account, 1763-1766, of the quarrel between himself and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, with additions and corrections in Hume's own hand (MS.5722).
Microfilm of geographical work of John Pinkerton and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of Andrew Stuart.
Microfilm of Glenriddell Manuscripts: copies of poems, letters, etc., of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
The contents are as follows:
Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);
Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).