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 1 Collection or Record:
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.