Facsimiles. Reproductions.
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
Miscellaneous letters and papers formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton., 1477-1933, undated.
‘Miscellaneous Papers’ of Sir Walter Scott, on history, folk-lore, etc., 1792-1850.
Miscellany (perhaps a part of a larger collection of papers), 1714, 1728, 1736, and undated, mostly relating to James Anderson, Writer to the Signet, and his ‘Diplomata Scotiæ’.
The largest groups consist of lists of abbreviations used in mediaeval documents (folios 64, 71-111) and copies of various forms of letters (folios 65-69); most of the remaining papers consist of notes on various subjects and transcripts of unrelated documents. An engraved facsimile, 1771, of a charter of William the Lion has been added to the papers (folio 9).
Modern facsimile of life policy of Sir Walter Scott with Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society.
National Covenant. A very large copy written by William Aytoun, and illuminated with letters in gold., 1639.
The arrangement of the signatures, with the noblemen at the top and the barons and burgesses down each side, implies that it was signed in parliament; the names themselves suggest the Parliament of 1639 rather than that of 1640.
Papers concerning facsimile copies of a letter of Lord Byron to John Anthony and William Galignani, relating to John William Polidori and ‘The Vampyre’, 1819-1936, undated.
Papers of and concerning John Ruskin., 1847-1855.
(1) letters of John Ruskin to John Murray III;
(2) letters of John James Ruskin to John Murray III;
(3) letter of John James Ruskin to Sophia Gray;
(4) photocopy of a letter of John Ruskin to Austen Henry Layard; and,
(5) photographic reproduction of a portrait of Euphemia `Effie` Gray by G.F. Watts.
Papers of Lucinda Mackay concerning publicity for her work, 1974-2012
Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends., Circa 1900-1982.
Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.
Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Scots in Jamaica, including letters of the Earl of Balcarres, the Fyffe family and other Scots in Jamaica.
Typewritten lists concenring materials of Scottish interest in the National Library of Jamaica, formerly the West India Reference Library.
Typewritten list of Scottish place names in Jamaica.
Photocopies of seven rough maps of areas south of Lake Tanganyika, south of Lake Nvasa (now Lake Malawi), and around Lake Banguelu, 1872-1873, and a facsimile of an ancient map of Northern Africa; with a list of the maps by Frank Debenham, 1954., 1872-1873, 1954.
Photocopy of facsimile of map of the route taken by David Livingstone from Zambezi to Loanda., 1854-1855.
`Scottish Armorial attributed to Sir David Lindsay of Rathillet`; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of an armorial held at the Lyon Office., Mid 16th century.
`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566., Circa 1565-1566.
`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566., Circa 1565-1566.
`Scottish Armorial for use in the Lyon Office’; a facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, 1895, of Sir Robert Forman`s manuscript (the `Workman armorial`), circa 1565-1566., Circa 1565-1566.
Arms which were painted over in the original manuscript are depicted with the original and altered versions side by side (folio 83).
Seven letters, 1849-1865, two notebooks, 1859, and facsimiles of three letters, 1857-1872, of David Livingstone; photograph of a letter, 1873, of Jacob Wainwright; and, letter, 1930, of Matthew Wellington.
Small collections and single letters of various Scots.
Society of Writers to Her Majesty`s Signet manuscripts.
Including mediaeval vellum fragments, facsimiles of letters and documents (with some original manuscripts), and annotated printed items.
Souvenir facsimile of autograph letter of Sir Walter Scott to Charles Tilt which differs from other known examples.
'Swintons of that Ilk and their cadets' (Edinburgh, 1883) by Archibald Campbell Swinton, with manuscript notes, 1927-1929, by Captain George Swinton, and additional facsimiles and printed matter by the same writer., 1814, 1883, 1927-1929.
On page ii is a copy of a letter, 1814, of Sir Walter Scott to John Swinton of Broadmeadows about the Swinton family tree.
Two letters, one a facsimile, of Prince Charles Edward Stuart., 1744-1745.
(i) Facsimile of a letter in French signed ‘Charles P.’, acknowledging assurance of attachment, November 1744.
(ii) Letter of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, as Prince Regent, to John Graham of Balgowan, stating that he has ‘pressing occasion for a little money’, Perth, 8 September 1745.
Typescript, 1934, made for the Scottish Beekeepers` Association, of "A Treatise Concerning the right use and ordering of Bees..." (London, 1593), by Edmund Southerne.
Includes facsimile of the titlepage of the British Library copy of the same title.