Auction catalogues.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Catalogues of objects, manuscripts, books, or other items offered for sale at auction.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
'A catalogue of the singular and curious library, originally formed between 1610 and 1650 by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun...' [1816], a printed auction catalogue of books at Gordonstoun., [1816].
File
Identifier: Acc.4642/5
Dates:
[1816].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Gordon of Halmyre and Gordonstoun, including correspondence, catalogues of books, commissions, financial papers and legal papers.
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Cataogues of books at Gordonstoun, with other miscellaneous works.
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Printed and manuscript catalogues of books at Gordonstoun.
Books, periodicals and other printed material., 1951-2012.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13416/81-100
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Literary papers of Alasdair Gray, including ledgers and notebooks used for journal entries, drafts of letters and poems, working notes and illustrations. Literary papers and correspondence include material relating to 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2010) and 'Every short story' (Canongate, 2012). The collection of CDs and DVDs includes scans and drafts for these works as well as 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009).There is also a small collection of printed material, mostly...
Dates:
1951-2012.
Papers concerning Hew Morrison's formal qualifications, his post as librarian and his own library., 1887-ca. 1935.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14317/12-16
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates:
1887-ca. 1935.
Papers of Major P I C Payne relating to material concerning the Skene family and Sir Walter Scott., 1960s-1990s.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12092/102-108
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates:
1960s-1990s.
Sotheby`s Catalogue for Scott Huxley Papers, with later receipt., 1899-1914.
File
Identifier: Acc.11407/1
Scope and Contents
Auction catalogue, 27 February 1899, with prices added for each sale. Receipt, 30 December 1914, for Scott letters purchased from William Brown booksellers.
Dates:
1899-1914.
'Tracts on Projectiles', being printed tracts in English on fire-arms, armour, etc., collected by John Sobieski Stuart., 1852-1866, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2177
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1852-1866, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Unpublished treatises of John Sobieski Stuart (John Hay Allan), calling himself Count d'Albanie, with materials collected for them.
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Manuscript of the treatise, 'The History of Hand Fire-arms', by John Sobieski Stuart; with realted material.
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'Tracts on Projectiles', being printed tracts on fire-arms, armour, etc., collected by John Sobieski Stuart.
Volume containing the catalogue of an auction sale of Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 13-15 January 1913, and papers concerning the lots won by Morrison., 1913.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/16
Scope and Contents
Morrison bought a continuous run of 101 historical books at this sale, marked as "the property of a gentleman". The volume bears Morrison's bookplate on the front paste-down.
Dates:
1913.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Papers concerning Hew Morrison's formal qualifications, his post as librarian and his own library.