EBSW Sources
Histories of the University of Edinburgh Libraries
History of the University of Edinburgh / Thomas Craufurd. Edinburgh: Neill, 1808.
Evidence, Oral and Documentary, Taken and Received by the Commissioners … for Visiting the Universities of Scotland. Vol. 1 University of Edinburgh. London: W. Clowes, 1837 throughout, but particularly in the first section, pp. 487-498, and Order LXIII in the Appendix’s second set of page numbers starting after p. 637 of the first set, i.e. pp. ‘[188’-’[203’.
Edinburgh University Library 1580-1980: Exhibition Catalogue. Edinburgh: University Library, 1980.
Twentieth-Century Library Guides (EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/5)
1931: Edinburgh University Guide to the Library.
1956: Edinburgh University Guide to the Library. Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable.
1961: Edinburgh University Library: Student Guide
1966: Edinburgh University Library: A Guide for Students
1967: University of Edinburgh: Guide to the Library, 1967-1968 [oblong]
1968: University of Edinburgh: Guide to the Library, 1968-1969
1972: University of Edinburgh: Guide to the Library, 1972
1977: University of Edinburgh: Guide to the Main Library, 1977
1978: University of Edinburgh: Guide to the Main Library, 1978
1979: University of Edinburgh: Guide to the Main Library, 1979
1980: University of Edinburgh: Guide to the Main Library, 1980
Maps Showing the Library Buildings
A Plan of the City and Castle of Edinburgh, 1764
Plan of the City and Castle of Edinburgh, 1765
Plan of the City of Edinburgh, 1771
Plan of the City, Castle, and Suburbs of Edinburgh, 1778
[East] A Plan of the City and Suburbs of Edinburgh, 1784
The Plan of Edenburgh Exactly Done from the Original, 1797
To the … of Edinburgh this plan, 1804
Catalogues and Related Sources for the University of Edinburgh Libraries
Research Guide: Early Library Records. 2024. HTML version or the PDF version
Da classification
Da.1.1 – Alphabetic catalogue, c17, rebound
“Catalogus librorum in bibleotheca Universitatis Edinensis secundum Auctorum nomina ordine alphabetica digestos. No. 1”
Da.1.2 - Da.1.4 – Alphabetic catalogue, c17/c18, 3 vols., tall and thin
“Bibliotheca Edinburgena publica, sive index alphabeticus authorum operumque” including Drummond donation (1627) and Nairn bequest (1678).
Da.1.5 – Alphabetic catalogue, c18, short and squat
“Catalogus librorum in bibleotheca Universitatis Edinensis secundum Auctorum nomina ordine alphabetica digestos. No. 2”
Da.1.6 – Alphabetic catalogue, c18, A-M only
“Catalogus librorum in bibleotheca Universitatis Edinensis secundum auctorum nomina ordine alphabetico digestus”
Da.1.7 - Da.1.10 – Alphabetic catalogue, c18/c19, 4 vols., last before Playfair
Da.1.11 – Alphabetic catalogue, c18/c19
Da.1.12 - Da.1.13 – Alphabetic catalogue, c18/c19, two vols.
Volume Da.1.13 seems to come first and seems to be an alphabetical list of Da.1.21-26, but not alphabetical within each letter.
Da.1.14 – Press catalogue, c17, vellum, held at UoE
“Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecae Edinburgenae, 16 Decembris A.D. 1636”
Da.1.15 – Press catalogue, c17, stationery binding, held by City
“Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecae Edinburgenae”
Archives note: “‘This book contains all the books of the Bibliothek of Edinburgh to the second day of Junii 1641, ’ etc. This corresponds with the 1636 press catalogue but the entries are far briefer. It contains additions to some of the shelves, a list of MSS and receipt notes of Kenneth Logie, 02 December 1636.”
Da.1.16 – Press catalogue, c17
“Catalogus Librorum in Repositoriis in Bibliotheca Universitatis Edinensis. No. 1”
Archives note: “A press catalogue: A-T. The shelf marks correspond mainly with Henderson’s catalogue (1695-1697). A note after S 18 reads: ‘There are the number of books in this catalogue 4526 which is the true state of the Library at my father’s [W. Henderson] entry, but none ar counted sett down by his hand’. There follow lists of donations by Isobel Wood, J. Clerke, Mungo Wood. At the end is a note about missing books by Robert Henderson.”
Da.1.17 – Press catalogue, c17
“Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecae Edinburgenae”
Archives note: “A press catalogue: A-T ‘begun the twentie ane day of December 1674’. At the end is a note about missing books (same as previous) and another about books ‘given in by Mr. John Dunlop’s brother’. Both notes are by Robert Henderson.”
Da.1.18 – Robert Henderson press catalogue, c17
“Catalogus Bibliothecae Publicae Jacobi Regis Edinburganae”
Archives note: “Press catalogue made by Robert Henderson, Librarian. The books are arranged according to subject. In front of the catalogue is a list of benefactors to the Library and Latin dedications to the Lord Provost & Town Council and to Principal Rule. At the end are lists of the contents of a chest ‘at Ostium Bibliothecae Orientale posita’, some anatomical specimens and ‘icones virorum illustrium’.”
Da.1.19 – Another copy of Robert Henderson’s press catalogue, c17
“Catalogus Bibliothecae Academiae Edinburgenae S. 3 Serniorum A. B. C. &c. (Authores & Res Praecipuae)”
Da.1.20 – Press catalogue, c18
“Catalogus Bibliothecae Academiae Edinburgenae secundum serniorum seu pluteorum seriem”
Archives note: “At end: ‘This press catalogue of books in the Library is subscribed and delivered to Mr. Gray, College Treasurer the 27th day of Aprile 1762 by me Geo. Stuart L. Keeper’.”
Da.1.21 – Press catalogue c18/c19
William Thomson is an Edinburgh doctor, viz. https://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/lib-archive/bgallery/gallery/records/eighteen/thomson.html
Da.1.22 - Da.1.26 – Press catalogue, c18/c19
Seems to correspond to Da.1.12 - Da.1.13; C.W.c1-13 in Da.1.22 seems to be maths; G.H.b.6 contains many copyright deposits.
Da.1.27 – Topical catalogue, c17, vellum
“Catalogus Librorum in Repositoriis in Bibliotheca Edinensis”
The beginning follows the books of the Christian Bible.
Da.1.29 – Pamphlet volume of printed catalogues of accessions and donations, c17
Catalogue record for Da.1.29/2
Da. [1777] – Printed alphabetic catalogue for divinity, 1777
Df.4.47/1-7 – Collection of paper regarding the completion of the Adam quadrangle
Catalogue record for Df.4.47/2
EB.5404 – Pamphlet volume collected by Brodie
EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/1/1 – Alphabetic catalogue, c1827-1920
EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/1/2 – Guardbook catalogue, 1920-1985
Complete digitisation of a different copy
EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/1/3 – Press catalogue of the Playfair library
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COLIN CAMPBELL SHELF LIST OF PRINTED ITEMS
Da - Dc Archives and manuscripts EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY - PRESS CATALOGUE
DUGALD STEWART COLLECTION SHELF CATALOGUE
Ha-Hd HALLIWELL - PHILLIPPS COLLECTION MACKAY COLLECTION MUIR COLLECTION
Thomson Mackinnon Cumming Blackie Kieth colls