Lot 214
Three Scottish Manuscript Volumes
including a young woman's Commonplace Book
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 644
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Commonplace book of Jemima Macduff Barrie, dated 1833, 147 manuscript pp. and various leaves of neatly pasted scraps, a facsimile signature of Elizabeth I and a loosely inserted leaf with a piece of woven cloth attached, allegedly a: "Fragment of cloth taken out of the Coffin of Robt Brystwick, 25 Prior of Burlington, who died in 1493", contemporary embossed green calf gilt, some rubbing; Ornithological notebook dated March 1830, 31 manuscript pp. containing birdwatching notes from March-August 1830 (and other non-ornithological notes in pencil), 12mo, contemporary green half morocco gilt; Trust Disposition by Richard Alexander Oswald Esquire dated 1810, regarding the lands and barony of Auchincruive and others lying in the County of Ayr and Stewardry of Kirkcudbright, 31 manuscript pp., large folio ledger, contemporary brushed calf (3)