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Hebrew
Bible (Amsterdam, 1667)
This handsome Hebrew
Bible is one of the books gifted to the Library in the year of its publication,
1667, by the first recorded benefactress of the Library, Isobel Mitchell.
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A.10.4
engraved
title-page
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A.10.4
leaf b1 with gift
inscription
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Album
amicorum of Michael van Meer, 1614-1630
A personal album
of autographs and water-colour sketches of contemporary scenes, allegorical
emblems and heraldic devices by friends and relatives, this MS volume
came to the Library as part of the Laing Bequest in 1878. It provides
a sought-after source of C17 illustration.
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La.III.283
King James
VI & I in procession to Parliament
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La.III.283
Emblem of Virtue
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Portolano
charts
Between the 14th and early 17th centuries, portolano (or pilot-book)
charts provided the main navigational aids between the seaports of the
world. By networks of lines indicating the direction of one port from
another, navigators were able to set the necessary courses. Now they
are admired as much for their decorations as their historical information
These charts are
drawn
by Franciscus Oliva, one of a well-known family of Italian map-makers,
in
Marseille in 1650, and were gifted to the Library in 1690 by Baillie
Thomas Young of Edinburgh.
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Dc.1.40 cover
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Dc.1.40
Aegean Sea
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Dc.1.40
Coasts of Western Europe and North-western Africa
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Dc.1.40
Mediterranean Sea
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Historia Rerum Britannicarum, by Robert
Johnston (Amsterdam, 1655)
This work was written by one of the College of Edinburgh's first graduates,
and was published, complete with printed encomium and his name mis-spelled,
after his death.
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*R.17.27 title-page
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*R.17.27 encomium
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Theatrum
scotiae, by John Slezar (London, 1693)
"Theatrum Scotiae" is a monumental set of engravings of Scottish
cities, with texts by Sir Robert Sibbald, which are still regarded as
primary historical sources. A former captain of artillery, Slezar presented
a copy of his work to the Library
in 1695 on behalf of his sons John and Archibald, who had been students
at
the College.
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JY 587 title-page
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JY 587 Plate
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The south
side of
Edinburgh Castle
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Prompt
copy of "A Misummer Night's Dream", 1623
From the Halliwell-Phillipps Shakespeare Collection, this copy of "A
midsomer night's dreame" has been extracted from a First Folio
edition of Shakespeare's plays and annotated with cuts and additions
as a prompt copy for a theatre production.
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JY 439 first
page
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