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Papers relating to Scottish Staple and Campvere
Compsite volume of papers relating to Scottish Staple and Campvere with newspaper clippings from 1894 and 1967 pasted in front cover.
Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society
The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:
- 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Revenues or patrimony of the Crown, Edinburgh c. 1655
Scott Moncrieff family letters and legal documents
Sermon notebook of Henry Erskine (1624-1696), minister of Chirnside
Sermons of Henry Erskine, 1624-1696. Minister of Chirnside.
Page 356 dated 16 April 1696. Volume is wanting back cover, and has 7 additional leaves inserted that are written in shorthand and dated 1705.
Sermon notebooks of John Drummond (1677-1754), minister of Crieff
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.
Thesis on 'The Life of James Sharp'
Thesis on the life of James Sharp presented for the degree of Ph.D at Edinburgh University, 1946.