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Photographs of War-Devastated Caen
Fonds — Volume: Dk.2.1
Identifier: Coll-164
Scope and Contents
The collection of photographs and postcards shows the war devastation of Caen, June-July, 1944. The devastation is shown from different elevations, and feature not only the most prominent buildings but also the extent of the damage beyond the central area of the city. Some of the pictures show the streets and buildings of Caen before the bombings.
Dates:
1900-1945
Prayerbook in Latin and French
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1313
Scope and Contents
The volume has 72 leaves, and measures 160mm by 100mm. Original leather over pasteboards.
Dates:
1600-1699
Print archive of Corvus Works, by Christopher Wakeling
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2110
Scope and Contents
This is a mixed collection of printed works by the fine press typographic studio "Corvus Works", founded by Christopher Wakeling.
- Fine press books (transferred to Rare Books collections);
- Single sheet publications (broadsides);
- Printed ephemera and prospectuses arranged by year.
Dates:
1999-2024
Records and Papers relating to the French West Africa Company (CFAO)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-444
Scope and Contents
The material consists of the correspondence and papers of Messrs. Donnison and Edwards, Castle Street, Liverpool, who appear to have been legal agents for CFAO. The items are mainly about property in Lagos Oshogbo, and Port Harcourt in Nigeria, Sekondi and Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, and Freetown in Sierra Leone. There is also material related to litigation in the matter of captured German vessels and personnel.
Dates:
1900-1924
Records of Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1895
Content Description
This fonds consists of the Records of the Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee (c. 1973-1978), with some material relating to the Chile Solidarity Campaign UK-wide. The records of the committee include minutes, correspondence, membership lists, publications, documents relating to the "adoption" of Chilean refugees by the committee, and various printed ephemera used to spread awareness of their campaign and advertise events organised to support the committee. There are also...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973-1978
"Recueil de Desseins Ridicules", by Georges Focus
Item
Identifier: Coll-1945
Scope and Contents
This is a bound manuscript volume containing approx. 125 pen-and-ink drawings by Georges Focus, often signed by the author and sometimes dated 1694 or 1695. This artwork was produced during his confinement at the Parisian asylum 'Les Petites Maisons', where he was sent in 1680. The illustrations represent various scenes, such as episodes of the artist’s life taking place in mainly Parisian or Roman settings, and excerpts from Virgile Travesti by the poet...
Dates:
1694-1695
Song collection book entitled "Recueil de chansons choisies depuis 1656 jusques à present 1736"
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-385
Identifier: Coll-2052
Content Description
This is a song book entitled "Recueil de chansons choisies depuis 1656 jusques à present 1736", France, 1736. It contains a collection of selected popular songs covering 80 years of French satire and current affairs. The book features some 135 songs, and there are 73 tunes written with musical notation. The songs are helpfully annotated with names and explanations to margins, and indexed by the names mentioned. When a tune is to be used in another song, the compiler puts in a cross-reference...
Dates:
1736
Stumpff Collection of Orientalists
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2106
Scope and Contents
A substantial collection of autograph documents by mainly German, French, and British orientalists, assembled by Alfred Stumpff (1928-2008), a German administrative judge and member of the German-Indian Society of Mainz. There are 133 individual "units", each mostly containing letters but also other documents (such as manuscripts, postcards, and occasional photographs), comprising a total of over 300 pages. The documents date from the 18th through to the 21st century but are predominantly...
Dates:
1713-2004
Tableau historique de la guerre des deux Roses - Wars of the Roses - French ms
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1823
Content Description
Tableau historique de la guerre des deux Roses - Wars of the Roses - French ms on paper, bound. 18th century straight grained red morocco, sides panelled in gilt and blind with cornerpiece sprays, spine in compartments between double raised bands, lettered direct, 3 panels with rounded tools, 2 with armorial or emlematic device incorporating the union flag on a shield, and eagle upon a sceptre and scales of justice, marbled and gilt edges.Provenance / Bookplates: Princess Sophia...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1790-1810
Thesis of Dr. Nelly Renee Deme (a Phd Thesis on David Hume given to George Elder Davie, heavily annotated by George Elder Davie)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1010
Scope and Contents
This thesis material consists of 5 bound volumes. They are: a first volume, entitledLa chasse au sceptique; a second entitledMethode sceptique et methode transcendentale; a thirdMethode sceptique et methode experimentale; a fourth beingAppendice; and, a fifth volume of circa 230 pages. In the first volume, thanks are offered to Dr. G. E. Davie and Professor W. H. Walsh and the whole of the Dept. of Philosophy, Edinburgh University, and to Dr. Elizabeth Anderson of the Department of...
Dates:
1960-1980