Publications.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents distributed to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.
Found in 1006 Collections and/or Records:
John Riddell s copy of ‘Genealogical History of the Stewarts’ by Andrew Stuart (London, 1798), bearing a number of corrections and marginal notes in his hand., 1798, 1854.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.13
Scope and Contents
A letter, 1854, of the 24th Earl of Crawford to Riddell is tipped in before page v and a transcript of a charter of Edward I to James, Seneschal of Scotland, is tipped in before page 17.
Dates:
1798, 1854.
John Riddell`s annotated copy of ‘Genealogy of the Family of Forbes’ by Mathew Lumsden of Tulliekerne (Inverness, 1819), with additional annotated flyleaves and a letter, 1847, of John Stuart bound in at the front of the volume., 1819, 1847.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.15
John Riddell’s copy of ‘An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1718)., 1718, 1853.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.8
Scope and Contents
Bound in at the back are notes by Riddell about the Articles of Union, and press-cuttings (mostly from ‘The Courant’), 1853, concerning the Arms of Scotland.
Dates:
1718, 1853.
John Riddell`s copy of ‘An Historical Genealogy of the Royal House of Stuarts’ by Mark Noble (London, 1795), containing a few notes and sketches (pages 130,132) in his hand., 1795.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.12
John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1843), containing a few notes in pencil in his hand., 1843.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.40-25.8.41
John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’ (Edinburgh, 1843), volume 1: pages i-xlvi, 1-555., 1843.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.40
Dates:
1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1843), containing a few notes in pencil in his hand.
John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’ (Edinburgh, 1843), volume 2: pages 556-1095., 1843.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.41
Dates:
1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1843), containing a few notes in pencil in his hand.
John Riddell’s copy of his ‘Stewartiana’ (Edinburgh, 1843), containing some marginal notes in his hand., 1843.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.42
John Riddell`s copy of ‘Report of Proceedings on the claim to the Barony of L`Isle’ by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (London, 1829), containing a few marginal notes in his hand., 1829.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.30
Scope and Contents
Tipped in after page 436 is a letter, 1838, of Alexander Sinclair to Riddell.
Dates:
1829.
John Riddell’s copy of ‘The Nature and Descent of Ancient Peerages’ by George Wallace (Edinburgh, 1785), containing a few notes in his hand., 1785.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.11
John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood (Edinburgh, 1813); volume 1., 1813.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.3
Scope and Contents
Three letters of the 24th Earl of Crawford, formerly tipped in on guards between pages 372 and 373 were later removed and returned to the writer.
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1813), containing many notes and amendments in margins and on blank leaves, and several letters and other papers tipped in at various places.
John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood (Edinburgh, 1813); volume 2., 1813.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.4
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1813), containing many notes and amendments in margins and on blank leaves, and several letters and other papers tipped in at various places.
John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1813), containing many notes and amendments in margins and on blank leaves, and several letters and other papers tipped in at various places., 1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.3-25.8.4
John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764), divided at pages 364-365 of the printed text into two separately bound parts., 1764, ?1807.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.2
Scope and Contents
Both parts are interleaved, the paper being watermarked 1807, and contain Riddell`s notes and amendments throughout, and a small number of letters and papers (one printed) bound in at various places. Colours have been added to the majority of the armorial engravings.
Dates:
1764, ?1807.
John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764); volume 1: to page 364 of the printed text., 1764, ?1807.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.1
Dates:
1764, ?1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764), divided at pages 364-365 of the printed text into two separately bound parts.
John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764); volume 2: from page 365 of the printed text., 1764, ?1807.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.2
Dates:
1764, ?1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764), divided at pages 364-365 of the printed text into two separately bound parts.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1804): volume 1., 1804, ?1806.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.6
Scope and Contents
The title page bears a deleted inscription apparently referring to additions and corrections by Riddell. The interleaves are watermarked 1804 and Riddell’s signature appears on the Advertisement sheet dated 1806.
Dates:
1804, ?1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1804), containing notes and amendments in his hand, chiefly in 25.8.6, in the margin of the text and on the interleaves, written possibly for a proposed revised edition.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1804): volume 2., 1804, ?1813.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.7
Scope and Contents
The interleaves are watermarked 1813 and Riddell’s signature appears on the title page dated 1809.
Dates:
1804, ?1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1804), containing notes and amendments in his hand, chiefly in 25.8.6, in the margin of the text and on the interleaves, written possibly for a proposed revised edition.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1804), containing notes and amendments in his hand, chiefly in 25.8.6, in the margin of the text and on the interleaves, written possibly for a proposed revised edition., 1804, ?1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.6-25.8.7
Scope and Contents
Riddell may have acquired the two volumes separately; in 25.8.6 the interleaves are watermarked 1804 and his signature appears on the Advertisement sheet dated 1806; in 25.8.7, the interleaves are watermarked 1813 and his signature appears on the title page dated 1809; also the bindings are different. A few letters and papers are tipped in at various places.
Dates:
1804, ?1813.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of his ‘Additional Remarks upon the Question of the Lennox or Rusky Representation’ (Edinburgh, 1835), containing notes and additions in his hand., 1835.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.38
Scope and Contents
Tipped in before the title page is a letter, 1835, of C L Beltz to Riddell.
Dates:
1835.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of his ‘Remarks upon Scotch Peerage Law’ (Edinburgh, 1833), containing a few notes and additions in his hand, and four letters, 1833-1834, stuck in at the front and back of the volume., 1833.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.35
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of his ‘Tracts, Legal and Historical’ (Edinburgh, 1835), containing some notes and additions in his hand., 1835.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.39
John Riddell`s lightly marked copy of ‘History of the Partition of the Lennox’ by Mark Napier (Edinburgh, 1835)., 1835.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.37
John Tyndall, “The Forms of water in clouds and rivers, ice and glaciers” (London: Henry S. King, 1872)., 1872.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/1085
Dates:
1872.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Printed Works of, or belonging to, the Forbes, Stuart Forbes, and Trefusis Families.
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Miscellaneous publications belonging to the Forbes family.
Joseph Robertson`s extensively annotated copy of the revision published in 1824 by Michael Russell (subsequently Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway) of the ‘Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops’ of Robert Keith, Bishop of Fife.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.28
Scope and Contents
The annotations, some of which are extensive, consist mostly of additional information not available either to Keith or to Russell, and of corrections of errors. A few of the annotations (which are all in Robertson`s hand) are written on extra sheets of paper tipped in at relevant places, but most are written in the margins of the text. Robertson`s signature, dated Edinburgh 1836, is on the recto of the leaf preceding the half-title.
Dates:
1824, and after.