Box CLX-A-389
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Commonplace book of William H. Peyton
Item — Box: CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2058
Content Description
Commonplace book of William H. Peyton, indexed, c. 80,000 words. Copious notebook kept some of the time when the writer was visiting France and Switzerland, with references to Darwin and Huxley, and an autobiography at p. 181. Dated 1893-1898.
Also includes enclosures (mainly newspaper clippings), gathered in one folder.
Dates:
1893-1898
Manuscript volume containing notes of lectures by Hugh Blair
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2064
Content Description
This is a manuscript volume containing notes of lectures by Hugh Blair, Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh, taken down by an unknown student. It is dated 1770, and comprises 39 complete lectures.Hugh Blair published his lectures in 1783, but very few manuscripts of his teachings survive nowadays. He did not want any "bastardised" versions to survive, as he called them in his publications, and insisted in his will that all his personal papers...
Dates:
1770
Three letters from Joseph Lister to his French translator, with annotated drawings of wound-dressings
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2057
Content Description
Autograph letters from the pioneer of anti-septic surgery Joseph Lister to his French translator Dr Gustave Burginon, with annotated diagrams explaining the application of bandages and the design of a splint. Dates: 14th December 1877, 11th November 1878, 25th November 1878.
Dates:
14 December 1877; 11 November 1878; 25 November 1878
S. C. Campbell's drawing book showing sketches of Edinburgh, 1833-1835
Item — Box: CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0031
Scope and Contents
Drawing book by a "S. C. Campbell" showing pencil sketches mostly of Edinburgh and its surrounding areas, 1833-1835. There is also a drawing of a mill in Fife, and one of Cheptow Castle, in Wales.
Cottage. Caption: "James".
Bridge over a river. Signed "S. C. Campbell" and dated "March 1833". Caption: "On the South Esk. Dalkeith".
Tree and cottage next to a body of water....
Dates:
1833-1835