Commonplace Book containing drawings of scenery, characters, flora and fauna and miscellanous verse.
Scope and Contents
This volume contains numerous illustrations including the `Costume of the Ladies of Edinburgh, Spring 1828`, a drawing of the Water of Leith, a man in Albanian costume in southern Italy, the ruins of a Roman temple in Palmyra in Syria, together with flora and fauna. There are also verses from Shakespeare, Byrone, Washington Irving, Sir Walter Raleigh, Milton and James Thomson.
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1847, undated.
Creator
- Shakespeare, William, playwright, 1564-1616. (Person)
- Milton, John, poet, 1608–1674. (Person)
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Person)
- Irving, Washington, American Author, 1783-1859. (Person)
- Thomson, James, poet, 1700-1748. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
0.01 Linear metres (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Voyager Press Rare Books, West Vancouver, BC, V7W 3H7, Canada.20 July 2015
Physical Description
0.01 linear metres1 volume170.00 x 200.00 millimetres
Dimensions
170.00 x 200.00 millimetres
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500.
- Italy. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 12.8333. Latitude: 42.8333.
- Leith. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.1667. Latitude: 55.9500.
- Palmyra. Asia - Syria - . deserted settlement. Longitude: 38.2833. Latitude: 34.5500.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 20 07 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk