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1. Edinburgh

Edinburgh
Creator:
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:
ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Design for Court of Edinburgh University

Design for Court of Edinburgh University
Creator:
Robert Morrison, active ca. 1791
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen in black ink, gray ink, and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 22 3/4 inches (43.2 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. West View of the City of Edinburgh

West View of the City of Edinburgh
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The North-East View of Edinburgh Castle

The North-East View of Edinburgh Castle
Creator:
unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (38.7 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

6. The chase, and William and Helen : two ballads / from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürger.

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Creator:
Bürger, Gottfried August, 1747–1794
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
v, [1], 41, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body / by Bernard Siegfried Albinus ; translated from the Latin.

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Creator:
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697–1770
Date:
1777-1778
Physical Description:
vi, 32, [3], 32-86 p. : ill. ; 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of several libraries lately purchased, containing a large collection of valuable and useful books in most branches of learning : and a neat collection of prints, drawing, pictures, &c. &c. : which will be sold at the Ware-Room Carrubber's Close, on Monday the 15th September 1777, at the prices printed in the catalogue : ... catalogues may be had at the Ware-Room, which will always be open from ten in the morning to six in the evening, also at Mr. Gordon's Shop, Parliament Square : orders addressed to Robert Murray at either of the above places will be punctually attended to ...

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Date:
printed in the year 1777
Physical Description:
[4], 120 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The dances of death : through the various stages of human life : wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited in forty-six copperplates, done from the original designs which were cut in wood, afterwards painted by John Holbein, in the town-house at Basil : to which is prefixed, descriptions of each plate in French and English, with the Scripture text from which the designs were taken.

No cover image available
Date:
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:
[4], 46 p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The genealogy of the lairds of Ednem and Duntreth , from the year 1063 to the year 1699.

No cover image available
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV [1834]
Physical Description:
15 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Proposals for carrying on certain public works in the city of Edinburgh.

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Creator:
Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Lord, 1693–1766
Date:
1752]
Physical Description:
43, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A description of the paintings in the Hall of Ossian, at Pennycuik near Edinburgh.

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Creator:
Ross, Walter, 1738–1789
Date:
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:
[2], 50 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts