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Project / Collection Egerton Manuscripts Place Edinburgh, Scotland

1. Egerton MS 1843

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Egerton MS 1843
Title:
FORTY-NINE coloured views of buildings, etc., chiefly in Scotland, and a few in Ireland; by Captain Francis Grose. Engraved, for the most part, in his "Antiquities of Scotland" (London, 2 vols. fol. 1789). Paper; xviiith cent. Folio. From the Farnborough Fund.
Scope & Content:
Ireland: Coloured views of ancient buildings by Capt. F. Grose: 18th cent. Captain Francis Grose, antiquary: Views of buildings in Scotland and Ireland: 18th cent. Kingdom of Scotland: Views of buildings, by Capt. F. Grose: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Morton Castle, Dumfriesshire: View, by Cap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 2075

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Egerton MS 2075
Title:
ORIGINAL letters of literary men, artists, and engravers, with a large number of engravings, the greater part of which have relation to Sir Walter Scott, and comprise portraits of him, illustrations for his works, and views of Abbotsford, and cuttings in print; collected by Abraham Cooper, R.A. The letters are mostly addressed to Cooper on professional matters. Among the writers are:- Sir Walter Scott; Abbotsford, Edinburgh, n.d., 4 July,1828,4 Jan. 1829,1 Feb. 1830, with his lines on "The ...
Scope & Content:
Art. Engravings, etc: Collection by A. Cooper to Illustrate the history of Sir W. Scott and Abbotsford: 19th cent. Abraham Cooper, RA: Collection of letters and engravings relating to Sir W. Scott and Abbotsford: 19th cent. Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Letters and engravings relating to,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822-1844
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 2598

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Egerton MS 2598
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of William Asheby, of Loseby, co. Leicester, during his embassy to Scotland, whither he was sent in July 1588, being recalled in Jan. 15 89/90 ; extending over the latter part of his embassy, from July 1589, and continuing down to the time of his election as M.P. for Chichester, through the interest of Lord Lumley, in 1593. Asheby's letters relating to public affairs are especially valuable as being the drafts, mostly holograph, of his correspondence with the Englis...
Scope & Content:
William Asheby, of Loseby, English Ambassador in Scotland: Correspondence and papers: 1589-1593. Elizabeth I of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Asheby, Ambassador in Scotland: 1589-1593. James VI of Scotland: JAMES VI. Correspondence and papers of the English Ambassador: 1589-1590. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1589-1859
Extent:
1 item

4. Egerton MS 2618

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Egerton MS 2618
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Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS historical and other letters and papers, including correspondence, etc. of Sir William Clarke [ob. 1666], secretary to Gen. George Monck, and his son, George Clarke, Judge Advocate, Secretary at War, etc. [ob. l737]; 1556-1753 1. Warrant from Queen Mary to Sir Robert Oxenbridge, Li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1753
Extent:
1 item

5. Egerton MS 2870

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Egerton MS 2870
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Scope & Content:
Vol. I. (ff. 13). (1) "The draught of that part of... Hallyrude house now in repair." f. 3;-(2) "Grounde plane of the new designe." f. 5;-(3) "Plane of the second storie [i.e. first floor]. f. 7;- (4) " Plane of the 3d storie" [i.e. second floor]. f. 9;-(5) "The front of the East qwarter of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1671
Extent:
1 item

6. Egerton MS 2871

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Egerton MS 2871
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Scope & Content:
Vol. II. (ff. 25). The same plans in the same order, as modified (see specially the plan of the second story), with the descriptive matter in another hand. The last (f. 11 b) has a note by Robert Mylne, the great-grandson, in 1790, of the position of a monument to Alexander Mylne (d. 1643), and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1671-1799
Extent:
1 item

7. Egerton MS 3434

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Egerton MS 3434
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Scope & Content:
Vol. CXI includes, in addition to correspondence of Lord Holdernesse with Charles Areskine (see above), Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Robert Craigie, Lord President of the Court of Session, Robert Dundas, Lord Advocate, William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752
Extent:
1 item