Illustrations. Layout features.
Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:
'Account of various Hindoo deities', which contains some illustrative matter., 1806.
Anonymous manuscripts and proofs of works offered to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers, for publication., 1789-1821.
Assorted proofs for "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa" by David Livingstone., ? 1856-? 1857.
Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., 1862-1880, undated.
At the end of the volume are cuttings from the ‘West India Committee Circular’, 1927 and 1933, relating to Major-General John Brown, and portraits and photographs of members of the Brown family. Also included is a lock of horse hair from the tail of 'Alma', the horse ridden by George Brown in to the Battle of Alma, 21 September 1854.
Dairy of Thomas Stewart Traill., August-September 1844.
While in Southampton, Thomas Stewart Traill tended to his sick step-son, William Watson.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill., 1840-1841.
Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill of a tour in England., August-October 1838.
Places visited include Newcastle, Durham and London.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill of a trip to Wales, with descriptions of local industry: volume I., 1807.
Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill of a trip to Wales, with descriptions of local industry: volume III., 1807.
At the back of the volume are 'General Remarks on Wales and the Welsh'.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill of trips to the Central Highlands and to Haddington., 1846.
Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill.of a trip to Wales., 1822.
Places visited include Beaumaris, Bangor, Caernarvon, and Snowdon.
Draft illustrations and paste-ups of artwork by Alasdair Gray for 'Some Gray stuff', with related correspondence of Lucy McKenzie, Decemberism records., 2006.
'Some Gray stuff' was an album produced by Decemberism records and features recordings of Alasdair Gray reading poetry, a short story and a song.
Engraver`s watercolour sketch of the grave of Mary Livingstone at Shupanga., 1864-1865.
The sketch has been annotated by David Livingstone.
The illustration was included in the "Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries" under the caption, "The grave of Mrs. Livingstone under the Baobab-tree, near to Shupanga House".
Grangerized copy of R H Cromek’s 'Reliques of Robert Burns', 4th edition, (London, 1817), part I (pages [i]-186)., 1st quarter of 19th century.
Part of the correspondence belongs, in date and subject, to the previous volume. The greater part belongs to the years 1805-1819, and deals with R H Cromek's scheme for an edition of Burns illustrated by Thomas Stothard, (Member of the Royal Academy of Arts), and with the preparation of the 8th edition of James Currie, edited by Gilbert Burns. Among the illustrations are several original sketches by Stothard, of scenes and objects associated with Burns.
Grangerized copy of R H Cromek’s 'Reliques of Robert Burns', 4th edition, (London, 1817), part II (pages 187-453)., 1st quarter of 19th century.
Part of the correspondence belongs, in date and subject, to the previous volume. The greater part belongs to the years 1805-1819, and deals with R H Cromek's scheme for an edition of Burns illustrated by Thomas Stothard, (Member of the Royal Academy of Arts), and with the preparation of the 8th edition of James Currie, edited by Gilbert Burns. Among the illustrations are several original sketches by Stothard, of scenes and objects associated with Burns.
Grangerized copy of R H Cromek’s 'Reliques of Robert Burns', 4th edition (London, 1817), with correspondence of Cadell & Davies, James Currie, John McCreery, Gilbert Burns, R H Cromek, William Roscoe, and others., 1st quarter of 19th century.
Part of the correspondence belongs, in date and subject, to the previous volume. The greater part belongs to the years 1805-1819, and deals with R H Cromek's scheme for an edition of Burns illustrated by Thomas Stothard, (Member of the Royal Academy of Arts), and with the preparation of the 8th edition of James Currie, edited by Gilbert Burns. Among the illustrations are several original sketches by Stothard, of scenes and objects associated with Burns.
‘Heredity and politics’ by J B S Haldane, consisting partly of manuscript, and partly of typescript, both extensively amended, together with proofs of some of the tables and other illustrative items., [1937-1938].
The book, which was published in 1938, is an expanded version of a series of lectures given at Birmingham in 1937 under the title 'Human biology and politics'. In view of the numerous additional paragraphs written on separate sheets the text is stamped with a series of consecutive numbers (7 to 230) to indicate the correct sequence to the printer.
Illustrated description in German verse of a walking tour made by Edwin and Willa Muir and three friends, from Hellerau bei Dresden to Bad Elster, titled 'Familie "Pierrie Pig's" Ausflug'., 1923.
Gerda Krapp, one of the three friends, wrote this account of the tour.
Illustrated notes and sketches addressed to Sydney Goodsir Smith's second wife, Hazel., 1964-1974, undated.
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Illustrations and drawings for editions of 'Lavengro', by George Borrow., Circa 1930-1936.
Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).
Incomplete manuscript, "Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries", by David Livingstone; with related proofs and a watercolour sketch., 1864-1865.
Incomplete manuscript, typescript, and proofs of volume I of ‘The life of George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen’, by Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot, with copies of the illustrations and lists of reviews of the work., [1911, or before.]
‘Innes of Drumgask, Balnacraig, and Ballogie’, Aberdeenshire, 'a family history', by the Reverend John Stirton., 1942.
A typewritten work, dealing in particular with Lewis Innes, Principal of the Scots College in Paris, and his brother Thomas, the historian, and containing accounts of the Scots College, of Jacobite activities in France, and of the founding of the Roman Catholic Seminary at Scalan, Banffshire. Copies of correspondence from the Stuart Papers at Windsor are included.
Journal kept by the Honourable Helen Anne Mackenzie, wife of Lord Mackenzie, during a tour on the Continent, July to September 1823., 1823.
The party sailed from Newhaven-on-Forth to Scarborough, visited York, and travelled through Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland. The scenery and the habits of the people are described and pictures of costumes and places have been inserted.
Journal of a Continental tour of France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Belgium. , 1840-1841.
The unidentified writer describes local industries such as the working of Gobelins tapestry and the manufacture of glass beads at Venice, and Alpine glaciers and waterfalls. The volume is illustrated throughout by engravings, coloured postcards, and pencil sketches.