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Found in 5131 Collections and/or Records:
'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.
'Voyage round Great Britain' by William Daniell and Richard Ayton, volume III (London, 1818); with, inserted at the front of the volume, a suggested itinerary for the West Coast of Scotland written by Sir Walter Scott, and sent by him to Daniell., 1818.
A note by Marianne C Daniell, daughter of William Daniell, is on folio 3 recto.
There is one duplicate plate.
'Voyage round Great Britain' by William Daniell and Richard Ayton, volume V (London, 1821); with, inserted at the front of the volume, notes on places of interest in Orkney and Shetland, written by Sir Walter Scott, and sent by him to Daniell., 1821.
The full set of plates is included, but not the folding map.
"Wallace the hero of Scotland' (Edinburgh: Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, 1900), by James Paterson, containing inserted notes, articles and correspondence., 1900.
Includes corrected typescripts of articles, reviews and broadcast talks, together with 55 letters from various correspondents.
Wallet containing membership cards of alpine clubs and notes., 1935-1940, 1968.
Concerning his mountaineering expeditions in the British Isles, the Alps and Canada.
Wallet including miscellaneous notes., Mid 19th century.
Walter Blaikie collection: letters containing Jacobite discourse.
Watercolour paintings, by Thomas Brown of Waterhaughs and Lanfine, Advocate.
The paintings are chiefly of Edinburgh and other places in Scotland; several were made in Corfu and Malta, and some in Italy, Sicily, and other Continental countries. According to a note of the donor (Adv.MS.34.8.1, folio iii), they were probably made between 1830 and 1850.
They are mounted - apparently not in chronological, and certainly not in topographical, order - in three albums, each of which contains a list of contents at the beginning.
Watercolour paintings, by Thomas Brown of Waterhaughs and Lanfine, volume 1., ?1830-1850.
The paintings are chiefly of Edinburgh and other places in Scotland; several were made in Corfu and Malta, and some in Italy, Sicily, and other Continental countries. According to a note of the donor (Adv.MS.34.8.1, folio iii), they were probably made between 1830 and 1850.
They are mounted - apparently not in chronological, and certainly not in topographical, order - in three albums, each of which contains a list of contents at the beginning.
Wedgewood’s Patent Manifold Writer, with note on ‘Major Belsches’., 1823.
White notepad, '1990, Robin Crozier, Steve Dilworth and Frank Bruce', containing handwritten notes and writings of Marshall Anderson., 1990.
'Who was Scotland's first printer?’ by Robert Dickson (London, 1881), interleaved, with notes and insertions by the author., [1881.]
A number of press-cuttings of reviews of the book are also inserted.
‘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).
Women, education and literature: the papers of Maria Edgeworth, 1767-1849, part 3, reels 1-4 (Adam Matthew, 2001).
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).
Work on digestion, incipit 'Premissis quibusdam que certa corpus humanum'., 13th century.
Initials are alternately blue and red.
At the end are added a note from Henry of Huntingdon, book 6, and a list (incomplete) of battles between the English (`nos`) and Scots from 1307 to 1385 (late 14th century, folio 31 verso).
Workbook of Alastair Reid containing drafts of poems and miscellaneous notes., 1970-1975.
Alastair Reid both wrote poetry himself and translated work by Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges and others. MSS.27446-27448 contain his own poems, and MSS.27449-27457 his translations.
Working autograph of ‘Rob Roy’ by Sir Walter Scott, with some associated papers., 1817.
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’.
Working notes by Alexander Philip, the author of several books on the calendar.
Working notes of Ian Rankin for Rebus short story ideas. , Circa 1990-1994, undated.
Includes manuscript and typescript notes of Ian Rankin, some originating from others, for short story ideas involving his character Inspector Rebus.
Notes are arranged by date, where available, and otherwise left in original order from accession.
Folios 1-56.
Working papers of Margery Clinton relating to the production of pottery, including samples of fired ceramics; with papers relating to her published works and thesis.
Recipes, tests, firing schedules, samples, sketches, and other papers of Margery Clinton relating to the production of pottery, her masters' thesis, and her book, 'Working with lustres'.
Working papers of William Skeoch Cumming, comprising notes, sketches, photographs, and other material collected by him in the course of his work., 1893-1919, undated.
Most of the material is undated and fragmentary in nature. Rough sketches, notes taken from printed books, addresses, accounts, and descriptions of portraits and uniforms are scattered throughout.
Working papers, texts and correspondence of Professor Archie Duncan relating to his work on "Regesta Regum Scottorum, volume 5: The Acts of Robert I, 1306-29".
Works and portions of works, verses, anagrams, and impresas, chiefly in draft, of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James IV; and extracts from the works of others., Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Also included are 'Noates for Basilicon Doron' (folio 94) and part of the translation of Machiavelli's 'Prince' (folio 144).