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16th-century manuscript containing the 'Vie de saint Louis' of Jean de Joinville.
16th-century manuscript of the 'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln.
141 letters of Neil Gunn to John B Pick and eight letters of Gunn to Gene Pick.
With typescript of Francis Russell Hart and John B Pick, "The Essential Neil Gunn: a Conversation".
Abbreviated version of Patrick Fraser Tytler, "Life of... the Admirable Crichton" (1819).
`Account of the Scotish Poets either printed or manuscript which I have seen, from Ancient tymes to the year 1701` compiled by Sir Robert Sibbald, being the preface and drafts of two books consisting respectively of lists of poems in Latin or Greek, and lists of vernacular poems.
The poems are arranged under their authors and there are a few biographical notes.
`Adversaria`, being miscellaneous notes and copies of correspondence of Sir Robert Sibbald, with scholars such as William Nicolson, Edward Lhuyd and John Smith of Durham on Scottish history and antiquities.
Airs of songs and ballads collected, chiefly in Buchan, with a few from Angus and elsewhere, by George Riddell, Rosehearty (died 1942).
Accounts of George Riddel's life will be found in MS.3042, inside the front cover.
"Alan Reiach, OBE, RSA, RSW, RIBA, FRIAS: a Memoir" by Robert Scott Morton.
Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins, wood-engraver, with scrap-books containing material collected by or associated with him.
The volumes, which have been arranged and provided with biographical notes and lists of contents by John A Hipkins's sister, Miss Edith J Hipkins, the painter, illustrate the cultivated life of London in the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth. Since Hipkins himself was deaf, there is much material relating to the artistic and other activities of the deaf.
"Alexander Barclay (1785-1864): Spokesman for the Jamaican Plantocracy", a study by Ruth Jennings.
Annotated copy of [John Philp Wood] "Sketch of the Life and Projects of John Law of Lauriston" (Edinburgh, 1791).
The volume has letters tipped in from: Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 1791; Elizabeth, Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, 1792; Louis Law Lauriston, 1802.
Anonymous Italian work entitled “La giusta statera de` porporati doue s`intende la Vita, Nascità, Costumi, discendenza, ricchezze, possibilità, inclinationi, Virtù, e Vitij di tutti li Cardinali che uiuono in quest`An̄o i646”.
Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Audio cassette of a sound recording of a BBC broadcast, "Men of Mark: Francis George Scott", written and introduced by Maurice Lindsay, produced by George Bruce.
Description from the information on the insert.
Audio cassette of, and publicity information concerning, a review copy of a radio broadcast produced by BBC Radio Scotland, "The hireling", written by Patrick Malahide, concerning the life of General Patrick Gordon.
Autograph manuscript of a French biography of Sir David Wilkie by the art historian, Baron Félix Sébastien Feuillet de Conches (1798-1887).
The work is undated and apparently unpublished.
Autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine.
The majority of the works are unpublished, and those which are published present considerable divergences. All the plays were written for the stage, and in some cases the names of the actors appear in the list of dramatis personae. Adv.MS.5.1.16, (i) and (ii) seem to be unconnected with the remainder of the collection.
Biographical account of William Cowper, Bishop of Galloway, who died in 1619.
Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
Biographical and genealogical notes, mostly extracts or cuttings from books and newspapers, compiled by William B D D Turnbull.
Almost all of the notes are undated, but the press-cuttings are dated 1855.
Biographical anecdotes and typescript of an essay "Dhow Harbours and the Sabi-Lundi River Junction" of H E Sumner.
Biographical essay on John MacDiarmid, land and temperance reform campaigner, by Alison Macleod.
Biographical memoir and notes on Charles Hodge Mackie, compiled by Anne Mackie.
Includes an account of their visits to France, 1892-1893, and meetings with Gauguin, Sérusier and Vuillard.