Catalogues.
Found in 485 Collections and/or Records:
File box, unlabelled, containing letters, postcards and faxes of Rob Fairley to Marshall Anderson., 1994-2011.
Also included is a sketch book of Rob Fairley, 'Kathmandu: being a brief history of a walk from Nag Pokhari to Pushputinath on the first night of Diwali 1997'; and a printed catalogue, 'Rob Fairley: the early works'. The box lid is covered on the outside in the remnants of a purple, synthetic waterproof jacket. The rest of the outside of the box is covered in green fabric. The box is lined with a map showing the isles of Rhum (in part) and Eigg, and part of Arisaig.
‘First Catalogue’ of books belonging to Mr Thomas Ruddiman., Early 18th century-mid 18th century, 1887.
First volume of a catalogue of the library of, apparently, David Constable, Advocate, eldest son of Archibald Constable, the Publisher.
General catalogue of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Incomplete catalogue of the library of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians., [Circa 1970.]
Interleaved copy of ‘A large new Catalogue of the Bishops of the several Sees ... of Scotland, down to the year 1688’ (Edinburgh, 1755)., 1755, late 18th century-early 19th century.
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
'Inventar of Buikis pertaining to Walter Dalgleische this 3 November 1652', a list of some 160 books, chiefly religious and literary, written on the front flyleaves of ‘Recreations with the muses’ by William Alexander, Earl of Stirling (London, 1637).
Walter Dalgleish was probably factor to the Earl of Dunfermline. His ex-libris, dated 1656, appears on the first flyleaf.
Inventories of the family of Erskine of Alva., 1627-1873, or before.
'Inventory of Books at Newbattle Abbey, the Property of the most Noble, the Marquess of Lothian'., 1838.
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Jacobite Papers.
Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.
Law shelf catalogue in the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Letters and papers of and concerning artists and other notables, collected by Aeneas Mackay.
Correspondents include:
David Y Cameron
Muirhead Bone
James McBey
Letters of John D Fergusson to Nigel McIsaac.
With letter of McIsaac concerning Ferguson, letters of Margaret Morris and annotated catalogues of Ferguson`s work.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Gabbitas to Gallichan, and company names beginning with initial G., 1816-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Dicken to Dickinson., 1820-1908.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Knight., 1887-1890.
Library catalogue for Minto., [Circa 1848.]
Library catalogue for Minto., [Circa 1858.]
Library catalogue of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod.
Library catalogue, probably of Alasdair Campbell of Kilmartin.
Library catalogue, probably of Sir John Wedderburn, physician., 17th century.
There are similarities of writing and of material with MS.6504 (compare MS.6504, folio 70 verso with MS.6505, folio 46 inverted). The volume indicates that the owner of the library was a man of wide interests; apart from a well-documented section on medicine (folios 9-16), other subjects, for example, theology (folios 1-6), are well represented.
There are a few eighteenth-century additions.
Library catalogues for Minto., Mid 19th century.
Library catalogues of the Ker family., 1784-[1812, or after].
Unrelated leaves from catalogues of the same period as these have been placed with MS.5457 (folio 46).
Lieutenant-General George Henry Hutton’s copy of ‘A large new historical Catalogue of the Bishops of the Several Sees within the Kingdom of Scotland Down to the Year 1688’ by Bishop Robert Keith (Edinburgh, 1755)., 1755.
This is one of two annotated copies of ‘A large new historical Catalogue of the Bishops of the Several Sees within the Kingdom of Scotland Down to the Year 1688’ by Bishop Robert Keith owned by Lieutenant-General George Henry Hutton (the other is BL.Add.MSS.8143-4).
'List of books and pamphlets relating to Orkney and Shetland' by James W Cursiter (Kirkwall, 1894), interleaved, with manuscript and printed addenda by James Shand.
The very extensive notes include extracts from printed catalogues, and inserted at the end of the volume (folio 40) is a letter from James Cursiter to James Shand, 1921, acknowledging receipt of bibliographical notes by [Gilbert] Goudie.