bookplates
Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Album of watercolor and pen-and-ink designs for embroidery
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2904
Scope and Contents
This is a large portfolio of carefully executed designs for embroidery or needlework. The designs include floral borders, swags and sprigs, spot and corner designs, repeating motifs, curlicues, and some abstract designs. About 60% are in watercolor. The uncolored designs are in pen and ink and/or gray wash. Various laid and wove papers are used, with watermarks of the makers S. Wise & Co.; Whatman; Hall, Whatman & Balston; and John Hayes, with dates ranging from 1819 to 1824; with...
Dates:
1819-c 1830
Bound volume containing bookplate designs (ex David Laing)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1961
Scope and Contents
Book containing twenty-one original designs for bookplates, dating from 1665 to the beginning of the 20th century, of which sixteen came from the collection of David Laing. Also contains the bookplates of the two owners of the book in the late 19th and early 20th century, Euphemia Davidson and William H. Booth.
Bookplate of Euphemia Davidson, who owned the book before it was sold in 1899: 'Ex-Libris...
Dates:
1665-c 1900
Lectures on Anatomy given by Alexander Monro, Secundus
Fonds — Volume Dk.4.24
Identifier: Coll-2182
Scope and Contents
Monro (A.). Lectures on anatomy. No date. Begins with section on "Animal Oeconomy" and ends with section "On Generation". Bears bookplate of John S. Pakington.
Dates:
[18th century]
Papers of John Hill, Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.3
Identifier: Coll-2138
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts and papers of John Hill, Professor of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, including poetry and essays. Bound in one volume.
'The Virtuous Rapture. A Poem' by Matthew Mitchell. Edin., 22 Oct., 1735. Addressed to 'The Reverend Mr. John Gowdie, Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh.'
'An Analysis of the Principals of Taste', by John Hill.
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Dates:
late 18th century - early 19th century
Volumes entitled "Essays and Experiments Concerning the Strength and the Cultivation of Timber" by George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2266
Scope and Contents
Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de. "Essays and Experiments Concerning the Strength and the Cultivation of Timber". 3 volumes. Edinburgh, 1814. French text on the left side of pages and English text on the right side. Discussion includes repetitive experiments of the strength of timbers such as oak, and what should be done to properly cultivate woods in soil.
Dates:
1814