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The Royall Cedar, by Frederic van Bossen
Unbound copy of a manuscript, Edinburgh 1688, with original stitching. Commences with an elaborate title page with allegorical figures, with shield and decorated borders. There follows a list of authorities used in the writing of the work and a dedication. Van Bossen states that he has made use of an ancient manuscript by John Tulloch, Bishop of Orkney. The work forms a substantial history of Scottish nobility and follows the structure of that laid out in other copies.
The Secret Commonwealth
18th century copy of Robert Kirk's 'Secret Commonwealth', a treatise on fairy folklore, witchcraft, ghosts, fauns etc, bound by William Henderson in 1814 (according to note on end paper).
The Sir Walter Elliot Archive
This collection is composed of seven Indian copper plate charters in Sanskrit recrding land grants, dating from the 5th to 16th centuries CE, and of three volumes containing rubbings of inscriptions from different regions of India, collected by Sir Walter Elliot throughout the 19th century.
The staggering state of the Scottish statesmen, by Sir John Scott of Scotstarvit
The Tovey Collection
The Wode Psalter: Cantus (set 2), Bassus (set 2)
The Young Medals
The medals are the Edinburgh University class medals: geology and mineralogy, 1899-1900; practical geology and mineralogy, 1900-1901; practical botany, 1901 (Edinburgh School of Medicine); practical zoology, 1901-1902; and petrology, 1902. The collection also includes the British Association Medal, 1923, for scientific research in South Africa, and the Draper Medal of the Geological Society of South Africa, 1935.
Thesis by Hugh MacCallum, MBChB, entitled 'A psychiatric study study of delinquency in a military detention barracks.'
Thesis by Hugh MacCallum, MBChB, entitled "A psychiatric study of delinquency in a military detention barracks." Presented for the degree of M.D. in the University of Edinburgh, but degree not awarded. 1945. iv, 238pp. Typescript carbon copy.
Thesis entitled “The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century” by Alastair MacDonald Taylor
Thesis by Alastair MacDonald Taylor entitled "The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century", 1939.
