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Annotations.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notes added as comment or explanation, such as those accompanying an entry in a bibliography, reading list, or catalogue intended to describe, explain, or evaluate the publication referred to.

Found in 581 Collections and/or Records:

Proof copy, 1992, of "Poor Things" by Alasdair Gray.

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Identifier: Acc.11160
Scope and Contents

Includes annotations by Gray for an adaptation of the novel for radio, and with letter, 1993, of the author.

Dates: 1992-1993.

Proof copy of a reprint of "Jones’s directory or, useful pocket companion, for the year 1786", interleaved and heavily annotated by John Buchanan, 'Glasguensis'.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2558
Scope and Contents

There are some proof corrections on the title-page by James MacLehose, the publisher, and on the fly-leaf his signature and a note by his son, the donor.

Dates: 1863.

Quintin Kennedy, "Ane Compendius Tractive", with annotations by the author.

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Identifier: Acc.9268 [RB.s.2950]
Scope and Contents

With manuscript copy of "De Praesentia Corporis in Sacramento Altaris".

Dates: 1558.

"Remarks on Dr Samuel Johnson`s Journey to the Hebrides..." (1779) by Donald McNicol.

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Identifier: Acc.12511
Scope and Contents

Includes annotations possibly by former owner James McNicol.

Dates: 1779.

Richard Wharton, "Observations on the Authenticity of Bruce`s Travels" (1800), with extensive annotations by William George Browne.

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Identifier: Acc.8454
Scope and Contents

With a letter, 1789, of James Bruce to George Robinson.

Dates: 1789, 1800.

‘Rob Roy’, a national drama based on the novel of Sir Walter Scott, consisting of annotated pages from the book, interleaved with plans of scenery and stage settings, as performed at the Theatre Royal Edinburgh.

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Identifier: MS.23061
Scope and Contents

The play was produced on the occasion of Sir Walter Scott’s centenary under the supervision of Mr and Mrs Wyndham.

Dates: 1822-1871.

Robert Burns "Poems" (Edinburgh, 1787).

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Identifier: Acc.10981
Scope and Contents

With names added in manuscript by Burns.

Dates: 1787.

Scribal copy of letter, 1643, of Oliver Cromwell to Lawrence Crawford

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Identifier: Acc.5003
Scope and Contents

With annotated transcript and notes, circa 1840-circa 1845, of Thomas Carlyle.

Dates: 1643-circa 1845