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System of phrenology
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Identifier: Coll-1150
Scope and Contents
The item that forms the collection is a manuscript version of the susbtantial part of the 4th edition of Combe'sA system of phrenology,which was printed in Edinburgh in 1836. It consists of 634 numbered pages written in ink, unbound.
This is a most desirable addition as Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library have the records of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh (Gen.608).
This is a most desirable addition as Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library have the records of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh (Gen.608).
Tableau historique de la guerre des deux Roses - Wars of the Roses - French ms
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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...
Taylor, Frances
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Identifier: GD1-21
Scope and Contents
Instruments and case awarded to Frances Taylor 1898; letters of Frances Taylor to her family 1899; photograph 1890s; certificate of Leeds Trained Nurses' Institution 1902
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Testament written 3 June 1936 by John Baillie (1886-1960), Professor of Divinity, in favour of Ursula Mary Niebuhr (1907-1997)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1378
Scope and Contents
The manuscript testimonial (2-sided letter) dated 3 June 1936 and signed by Professor John Baillie was found alongside some more recent photocopies of other material in a book (unnamed in a lot of 19 titles) purchased by Edinburgh University Library. The testimonial talks of Mrs. Niebuhr's maturity of scholarship, the 'soundness of her judgement' and 'the quick intuitive character of her mind'. The other photocopies are: 1 letter from John Baillie to 'My dear Bishop' dated 29 May 1939, in which...
Testimonial addresses to Rev Dr Robert MacDonald (1813-1893), minister of North Leith Free Church
Fonds
Identifier: MS MCD3
Scope and Contents
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Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
The Agra Correspondence and Papers of Sir William Muir
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Identifier: Coll-1037
Scope and Contents
The Agra Correspondence of Sir William Muir consists of original manuscripts and typed transcripts relating to his career in the North-West Provinces of India, but in this case pertaining to 1857. The papers in the collection include letters to his wife from 1840 to 1895, letters of congratulations on the Muir's golden wedding, letters relating to the period 1813 to 1902, press cuttings, documents and theAnnual reports. Miss Taylor's orphanage for Moslem and Druse girls, Beyrout, and other...
The Allinson Papers
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Identifier: Coll-39
Scope and Contents
The collection of Allinson Papers consists of a mixed box of small printed items and pamphlets, posters, photographs, and bundles of newspaper and magazine cuttings; a number of scrapbook albums containing mainly newspaper cuttings relating to Allinson, and dating variously from 1881 to 1918; and, folders containing scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, handbills, and lecture posters from the 1880s to 1918.For more details on the contents of the collection, see the box list. You can also see a...
‘The ancestry of Randall Thomas Davidson, D.D.’ by Rev Adam Philip (1856-1945), minister of Longforgan United Free Church
Fonds
Identifier: MS PHI1
Scope and Contents
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Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
The Angus Fraser Manuscript
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Identifier: Coll-58
Scope and Contents
The Angus Fraser Music Manuscript consists of three named collections intended for publication, a series of sets of variations mostly on well-known airs, and a variety of less-organised manuscript pages. The differing interests of Simon Fraser and Angus Fraser are reflected in the Manuscript.
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