Commonplace books.
Found in 230 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace-book, containing moral discourses, maxims, 'devices', and verse, including hymns and 'bouts-rimés', chiefly in French, but also in Latin and German., Late 17th century.
Commonplace book containing notes and extracts, undated, by John Gray on various theological topics., [Circa 1702.]
At folio 77 reference is made to a work dated 1702.
Commonplace-book containing notes from books, chiefly on historical and military subjects., 1815-1827.
Commonplace book containing notes, sermons and newspaper cuttings, 1885 - 1919
Commonplace book containing passages and extracts in prose and poetry written by Elizabeth S Burdon-Sanderson, mother of Mary E Haldane., [1823, or after.]
Almost all entries are undated but appear to have been written about or shortly after 1823, the date of the watermark.
Commonplace book containing poems, excerpts from sermons, household recipes, etc., written in several hands., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
In 1827 the volume belonged to Margaret Davidson, Glasgow.
Commonplace book containing poems, household and medical recipes, riddles and notes, written in several hands.
Folios 1-20 contain a collection of verses, most of which are dated 1789.
Commonplace book containing verses, hymns and prayers, notes, sketches and cartoons, short memoirs, etc., collected chiefly by Eliza Graeme., [Circa 1820-circa 1870.]
The contents include (folios 1-2) recollections of Lord Jeffrey of the origins of the ‘Edinburgh review’ and versions of some traditional Scots ballads.
Commonplace book in French and English., 17th century-18th century.
The contents include ‘Miscellanea’ (folios 3, 96); ‘Metaphysique’ (folio 14); characteristics of European countries (folio 22); medical and cookery recipes (folios 49, 93). On folio 1 is written in a 17th century hand: ‘Je apartien a monsieur Hopton gentlehomme anglois demeurant a Kentwell Sufk cadet’.
Commonplace book in the hand of William Clydesdale., 1823, undated.
William Clydesdale was a Glasgow character and a fellow student of Thomas Muir, the political reformer (note inside front cover).
The commonplace book contains satirical, comic, and reflective verses by Clydesdale in Scots and English, some dated 1823, a few anecdotes, and annotations by Peter Mackenzie, author of ‘The life of Thomas Muir’ (Glasgow, 1831).
Commonplace-book, in various hands of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, including apparently original poems, translations of Horace, and theological notes., Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Commonplace book in verse and prose.
701 pages, with Aberdeen connections, bookplate of Charles Gordon of Beldornie and Wardhouse, and ownership inscription of Thomas Mercer.
Commonplace book, including poems of George Herbert., 1692.
The name Robert Wodrow occurs at intervals, and the manuscript may be in the historian's hand.
Commonplace book, June-July 1701, of Thomas Ruddiman., 1701.
The commonplace book is labelled ‘RG’.
The manuscript contains excerpts from classical authors, philosophers, historians, and grammarians, with at the end a fragment (foliated 6) of Έρωτýματα on Greek grammar (folio 99), a list of French irregular verbs (folio 100), and the beginning of excerpts from 'De veritate inquirenda' by Malebranche dated 9 December, 1700 (folio 102).
Commonplace-book kept by Lady Cochrane (wife of Sir Thomas) at sea in H.M.S. 'Surprize', containing remarks on William Shakespeare's plays and Sir Walter Scott's ‘Rokeby’, and an account of their voyage to Barbados., 1813.
Commonplace book of Alasdair Gray., 7 April 1969-March 1975.
Commonplace book of Alexander Fraser Tytler., ?1778-1802.
Includes observations and anecdotes on contemporary Enlightenment figures including Dugald Stewart, James Boswell, Tobias Smollett and Lord Kames, and an inventory of Fraser Tytler’s publications up to 1793. Also included are copies of letters sent by David Dalrymple (Lord Hailes), and a number of verses by William Shenstone, Allan Ramsay, James Beattie and William Shakespeare translated into Latin by Fraser Tytler.
Commonplace book of Alexander Fraser Tytler., 1802-1812.
Includes further observations and anecdotes on contemporary Enlightenment figures including Lord Kames, Adam Smith, David Hume, Lord Monboddo and William Robertson. There are extensive extracts of David Dalrymple’s (Lord Hailes) commonplace book and Alexander Carlyle’s autobiography. Several letters and notes on Tytler have been added to the volume after his death. Three printed dedications, including those to Joseph Black and James Beattie, have been tipped in by Tytler.
Commonplace book of Alexander Keith of Ravelston, (died 1751), but written in more than one hand., 1684-?1688.
Commonplace book of Andrew Douglas, consisting chiefly of philosophical reflections, poetry, notes on current affairs and medical receipts, mostly taken from printed sources., 1776-1780.
Commonplace book of Andrew Douglas, consisting chiefly of philosophical reflections, poetry, notes on current affairs and medical receipts, mostly taken from printed sources., 1772-1775.
The volume also contains some correspondence (folio 365) and a loose envelope (folio i).