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Copy of Felicia M F Skene "Use and Abuse", illustrated by eight tipped in watercolour views by the author`s father, James Skene, of Rubislaw.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10050
Dates:
circa 1849.
Copy of "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" (1805) by Walter Scott, with watercolour illustrations by Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12373
Dates:
circa 1805.
"Journal of a few days from home in the summer of 1856 with selected poetry and songs".
Item
Identifier: MS.9233
Scope and Contents
The author was born near Dover, and describes himself as a 'middle class man engaged in the business of life', possibly a doctor or lawyer. After a brief stay in Edinburgh, he visited Perth, Bannockburn, Callander, Inversnaid, Glasgow, Oban, Inveraray, and Rothesay, and returned again to Glasgow. The text is interspersed with poetry and songs, and is profusely illustrated with floral cut-outs, small prints, and water-colours, mainly of views. Three pages and some of the illustrations have...
Dates:
1856.
Journal of Nicolas Servant, Chevalier de Romainval.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.1
Scope and Contents
The author was serving as a lieutenant on board the `Pontchartrain`, a 56-gun vessel of the Compagnie Royale des Indes Orientales, bound from Lorient to Surat in Bombay, and on board the `Aurore` on his return to France. He kept the journal for the entertainment of an unnamed French lady, and although he recorded the distances covered, wind directions, etc., most of the journal concerns life on board, with lively descriptions of the passengers and of local customs in Africa and especially in...
Dates:
1698-1700.
Manuscript narrative poem, "Days of Chivalry, or Adelaide and Ethelbert" by John Clark.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11766
Scope and Contents
Illustrated with watercolours.
Dates:
circa 1830-1840.
Manuscript of “Gaël Albanich” by William Forbes Skene (1809-1892), containing a history of the Highland clans.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14896-14897
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, dated 1st March 1834, was the winning entry in a competition of the Highland Society of London for the best essay on the history of the Highland Clans. It is illustrated in pen and ink and in watercolours.
Dates:
1834.
Notebook from Perth Academy containing problems in mensuration, surveying and levelling (with examples from the North and South Inch at Perth) and gauging.
Item
Identifier: MS.14291
Scope and Contents
There are illustrations in pen and wash and water-colours.
Dates:
Late 18th-century.
Notebooks from Perth Academy.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14292-14293
Scope and Contents
Presented, 1975, by Mrs Isobel Stirling, Edinburgh.
Dates:
1828