Adam and Charles Black (1815-:) (Publishers)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
24 drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1317
Scope and Contents
24 pen and ink drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fish, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black. There are two suites of work (1840 and 1841) with the same title but with a different set of 12 illustrations. The bindings of the two sets are in very poor condition. The illustrations from the 1840 suite, one of which is coloured, are:
The elephant
The tiger
The...
Dates:
1840-1841
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Adam and Charles Black, publishers, 20 February 1906
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/12/1
Scope and Contents
The publishers provide sales figures for copies of Ewart's book The Penycuik Experiments.
Dates:
20 February 1906
Proof copies of Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on geology, 1879
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/8/3
Scope and Contents
Proof copies of Sir Archibald Geikie's contribution on geology to the Encyclopaedia Britannica from various dates in 1879, published by Adam and Charles Black.
Dates:
1879