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‘Pharmacopœia Pauperum, in usum Nosocomii Regii Edinburgensis’ (Edinburgh, 1752), interleaved with further recipes and notes, apparently the work of a student, Charles Wilson, whose signature appears on the end-paper.
'Principles of the law of Scotland', 2nd edition (Edinburgh, 1757) by John Erskine, with marginal notes, undated, made by James Boswell.
Printed items with notes and other bibliographical material inserted by Robert Dickson, the surgeon and bibliographer.
‘Ratio emendandi leges’ (Utrecht, 1707) by Gulielmus Best, with manuscript notes by Alexander Cuningham.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.10.4).
Research papers and indexes relating to organs and organ music in Scotland and elsewhere, compiled by Colonel Godfrey I B Winn.
‘Scottish poems, reprinted from scarce editions’ (London, 1792) by John Pinkerton, with marginal additions and corrections by David Laing, undated.
‘Some account of the family of Smollett...arranged by J. Irving' (Dumbarton, 1859) by Tobias Smollett; with marginal comments and corrections by Thomas Carlyle.
‘Songs of Robert Burns’, edited by J C Dick, and ‘Early Scottish melodies’ by John Glen, with additions and corrections in the form of notes, marginal and inserted, in the printed volumes.
Many of the notes are in the autographs of Frank Kidson and Thomas Davidson Cook. They are mainly textual, dealing with sources, language, spelling, etc., but some scores of tunes are given.
‘The Ogilvies of Boyne’ by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (Aberdeen, 1933), containing inserts; with further letters and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
'Thomas Carlyle ... 1795-1835', 2 volumes (London, 1882), and 'Thomas Carlyle ... 1834-1881', 2 volumes (London, 1884), by James Froude, with notes and corrections on the margins and endpapers by Alexander Carlyle, undated.
'Tracts relative to the history and antiquities of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 1800), by David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Contains catalogues of Lords of Session, with manuscript additions and of Faculty, 1532-1688.
‘Two Theban queens’ by Colin Campbell (London, 1909); the author's copy.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.
'Verge of the Scottish Highlands’ by William Palmer (London, 1947), containing corrections and other revisions in the author's hand; with the original book jacket and various letters and notes discussing the corrections.
"Virgil's Æneis", translated into Scottish verse by Gavin Douglas (Edinburgh, 1710); the glossary is heavily annotated by John Jamieson.
There are some notes by O K Schram inside the front cover concerning this edition of Gavin Douglas's text.
'Voyage round Great Britain' by William Daniell and Richard Ayton (London, 1814-1825); with a list of plates, and with manuscript itinerary and notes by Sir Walter Scott.
The full set of plates is included, but not the folding map.
‘Wizard Peter’ by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (Edinburgh, 1834), with notes and corrections by the author, and a presentation inscription to James Gibson Craig on the half title-page.
There are several manuscript insertions, including Charles Sharpe's draft of five verses, written on the back of a letter, 1832, from the printseller Hugh Paton (folio 2), and explanatory notes and variant readings by James Gibson Craig (folio 3).
Work in three volumes by Richard Augustine Hay on the ecclesiastical (Adv.MS.34.1.8) and secular (Adv.MSS.34.1.9(i)-34.1.9(ii)) antiquities of Scotland.
The work is in the same hand as, and was begun probably as the consequence to, Hay’s ‘Diplomatum veterum collectio` (Adv.MS.34.1.10) in 1700 (the date quoted on each title page) and completed in 1707 or later (Adv.MS.34.1.9(ii), folio 62).
Working copy of the ‘Peerage of Scotland’ (Edinburgh, 1813) by Sir Robert Douglas, revised and corrected by John Philp Wood: including revised printings of certain pages, extensive annotations by Wood, and related material, including some of later date, also concerning peerages.
The material described here would appear to relate to further revision by John Philp Wood of his revised and corrected edition of 1813 of the ‘Peerage of Scotland’.