Title pages.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The pages of books that display the book's title and usually such information as the author's name, the publisher, and sometimes the date of publication. Where more than one page giving particulars of the title are present, that giving the fullest information is the title page.
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Full score of brass band setting of 'Perthshire echoes'., 1st quarter of 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21998
Scope and Contents
Fragments of the title page of a different, unidentified, edition are pasted to folio i. A photogravure of W B Moonie, apparently from the same source, is pasted to folio iv.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
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Full scores, undated, of various settings of 'Perthshire echoes', a suite of arrangements of Scottish airs or tunes named after various places in the county.
Full scores, undated, of various settings of 'Perthshire echoes', a suite of arrangements of Scottish airs or tunes named after various places in the county., 1st quarter of 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21998-21999
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some of the scores are incomplete.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
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Autograph and fair copies of scores and parts, and correspondence, of William B Moonie.
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Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Hassall to Hathorn., 1820-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40531
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hassall, Arthur.Letters, 1891, 1894-1895, 1897-1898 and 1900-1901, of Arthur Hassall to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-54.Folios 3-4. Circular, ?1891, advertising a work entitled ‘Five Queens of the Eighteenth Century’. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1891, of Arthur Hassall to John Murray III, folios 1-2.Folio 39. Title page, 1900, for ‘A...
Dates:
1820-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Hollond to Hompesch., 1813-1922.
File
Identifier: MS.40569
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hollond, Spencer Edmund.Letter, 1902, of Spencer Edmund Hollond to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Holloway, Marseille Middleton.Letters, 1846, 1873 and 1887, of Marseille Middleton Holloway to John Murray III. Folios 3-7.Holloway Blount and Duke.Letters, 1909, of Holloway Blount and Duke to John Murray IV. Folios 8-10....
Dates:
1813-1922.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Lloyd, H. to Lloyd, W., 1826-1915.
File
Identifier: MS.40705
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lloyd, Hannibal Evans.Letters, 1826, 1831, 1833 and 1835-1839, of Hannibal Evans Lloyd to John Murray II and John Murray III. Folios 1-50.Lloyd, John (fl 1826).Estimates, 1826, for ‘two patent Printing Machines, for printing a newspaper’ signed by John Lloyd and agreed by Edward Shickle Cowper. Folios 51-54.Lloyd, John (1833-1916)....
Dates:
1826-1915.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Gardyne to Garnish., 1827-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.40440
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gardyne, Alan David Greenhill.Letter, 1911, of Alan David Greenhill Gardyne to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Gardyne, David Greenhill Bruce.Letters, 1884, of David Greenhill Bruce Gardyne to John Murray III. Folios 3-6.Gargiulo & Finizio.Letter, 1869, of Raffaele Gargiulo of Gargiulo & Finizio, Naples, to John Murray III. ...
Dates:
1827-1911.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Gleig, M. to Godley., 1818-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.40454
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gleig, Mary Elizabeth.Letter, 1907, of Mary Elizabeth Gleig to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Glennie, John David.Letters, 1851-1852, of John David Glennie to John Murray III. Folios 2-5.Glennie, John Stuart Stuart.Letters, 1878, 1883 and 1896-1897, of John Stuart Stuart Glennie to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 6-19....
Dates:
1818-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Grey, E. to Grieve., 1781-1947.
File
Identifier: MS.40487
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Grey, Edward.Speech and envelope, 1914, of Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Falloden, relating to Mexico. Annotations by Edward Grey and later, 1947, by Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank. Folios 1-4.Grey, G.M.Visiting card, undated, of G M Grey. Folio 5.Grey, George.Letters, 1860, 1869, 1871 and 1887, of Sir George Grey to...
Dates:
1781-1947.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Halliday to Hamilton, A., 1807-1897.
File
Identifier: MS.40512
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Halliday, Andrew.Letters, 1808, 1812 and 1830, of Sir Andrew Halliday to John Murray II. Folios 1-16.Folios 5-12. Proof sheets, 1812, of a work by Sir Andrew Halliday entitled ‘Observations on the present state of Portugal’.Halliday, Clara Maria.Letters, 1817 and 1819, of Clara Maria Halliday to John Murray II. Folios 17-20....
Dates:
1807-1897.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hamilton, R. to Hamilton, T., 1814-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.40515
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hamilton, Ralph.Letter, 1887, of Sir Ralph Hamilton to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Hamilton, Ralph Gerard Alexander.Letter, 1902, of Hon. Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton to John Murray IV. Folio 3.Hamilton, S. Rowan-.Letter, 1899, of S. Rowan-Hamilton to John Murray IV. Folios 4-5.Hamilton, Samuel.Letters,...
Dates:
1814-1918.
Manuscripts and proofs of various works of John Wilson ('Christopher North')., [Circa 1814-1852, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.4887
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of part of a review of ‘The man of Ton: a satire’ by Sir John Dean Paul, published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, June 1828. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript of the conclusion of an article, "On Hogg's memoirs", published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, August 1821. Also included are the manuscripts of an apparently unpublished article, circa 1814, and fragments of an article, circa 1821, both concerning James Hogg. (Folio 5.)...
Dates:
[Circa 1814-1852, or after.]
Manuscripts and typescripts of various literary works by Sydney Goodsir Smith., [Circa 1938.]
File
Identifier: MS.26143
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescripts of the introduction and opening chapter of 'Aubrey Beardsley: a study in the grotesque', 1937 (folio l); (ii) Manuscript of part of an autobiographical novel, 1938 (folio 22). It includes a title-page for 'The wilderness' (folio 25), but the text is not related to MS.26144. (iii) Manuscript fragment of a fictional description of a visit to Venice, circa l938 (folio 61).
Dates:
[Circa 1938.]
Manuscripts of the title page, 'dramatis personae', and scenes xi, xii, and xiii of ‘Firmilian’ by William Edmondstoune Aytoun; and fragments of corrected proofs, 1854, or before.
File
Identifier: MS.4920
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist mainly of letters written by authors to Blackwood as their publisher, and by others in search of publication, but they also include some manuscripts and proofs of works considered for publication, together with some papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and John Wilson ('Christopher North'). Broadly, this is the incoming correspondence of the firm during the nineteenth century. The outgoing correspondence, so far as it is represented by copies in letter-books, etc.,...
Dates:
1854, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Miscellaneous fragments., 16th century, 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25251
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Watercolour on vellum of the Virgin and Child with an ecclesiastic and a nobleman, mid-18th century (folio 1). This is probably the first leaf of a commission issued by a Doge of Venice. For a similar illumination by the same artist, see ‘Miniature dell’Italia settentrionale nella Fondazione Giorgio Cini’, page 74 (MS.12) and plate.
(ii) 'Ane account of Mr Hooker's Ecclesiasticall Polity from Neal's history of the Puritans', 18th century (folio 2);
(iii) Two...
Dates:
16th century, 18th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton., 1477-1933, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3072
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letter signed by James III and countersigned by Archbishop Schevez, to Bona, Duchess of Milan, asking her to take steps for the release of Prospero de' Medici, his Prothonotary, imprisoned in her state, Edinburgh, 1477 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, to his son and successor William, in Paris, reprimanding him for idleness, undated (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Alexander Leslie, afterwards Earl of...
Dates:
1477-1933, undated.
Music books and papers of Robert Moir (died 1869), who was President of the Edinburgh Church-Music Society and subsequently Conductor of Music at St Magnus' Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21772-21775
Dates:
1511-19th century.
Notes for and corrected typescript, undated, of 'The Bull of Crete: a fable in three acts' by Sydney Goodsir Smith, also based on the Theseus and Ariadne legend., Mid 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.26130
Scope and Contents
There are three title-pages (folios 37-39), one of which gives the author's name as John Abbot, and another gives alternative titles.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Papers of Robert Moir., 1537-1862, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21775
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) A psalm setting by Robert Moir written on two leaves cut out of MS.21774 after folio 17 and pasted to a larger sheet of stiff paper. (Folio 1.)(ii) Extracts from newspapers and other periodical publications concerning musical topics published between 1852 and 1862 (and some from earlier sources), written on twenty-five printed bifolia (from a larger number) containing a prospectus and a subscription list for ‘Beauties of the Bible’ by...
Dates:
1537-1862, undated.
Photocopies of miscellaneous papers of and concerning David Livingstone., 1825-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.10753
Scope and Contents
The photocopied papers consist of:(i) Title page of ‘An introduction to arithmetic’ by James Gray, 22nd edition (Edinburgh, 1825), with the signatures of David (dated 1825) and Charles Livingstone;(ii) Livingstone's class-cards at the Andersonian University, Glasgow, 1836-1839, and the Aldersgate Dispensary, London, 1840;(iii) Livingstone's marriage record, 1845;(iv) Livingstone's burgess-ticket of Hamilton, 1857;(v) Extract minute...
Dates:
1825-1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
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Miscellaneous items of and concerning David Livingstone.
Scores and orchestral parts of works composed or arranged by W B Moonie., 1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21985-22012
Scope and Contents
Some of the scores are incomplete.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21983-22014
Dates:
4th quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 20th century, undated.
Scrap-book of John A Hipkin., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2929
Scope and Contents
The scrap-book includes: Bewick prints; illustrations of the work of Charles Keene, including frontispieces and title-pages drawn by him for Mr Punch's Pocket-book, 1864-1874; and Christmas cards painted by Frank Maguire.
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Student's notes of lectures on Government given by Professor John Millar., 1780-1781.
File
Identifier: MS.3931
Scope and Contents
The student notes are preceded by a printed title page, ‘A Course of Lectures on Government; given annually in the University, Glasgow, 1778', with an analytical list of the lectures.
Dates:
1780-1781.
Typescripts, with a few manuscripts of poems in English, by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1930-1939, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26121
Scope and Contents
There are several copies of some of the poems, and a number of title-pages, which suggest that Sydney Goodsir Smith was arranging the poems for publication.
Dates:
1930-1939, undated.