A miscellaneous collection of 45 items from the library of the Royal Scottish Museum (now part of the National Museum of Scotland). The collection contains a number of fine vellum bindings, two tortoiseshell bindings, an enamelled and a silk embroidered binding, and a copy of William Ged's stereotyped edition of Sallust (Edinburgh, 1744). There is also an unidentified printed book of hours, with hand-coloured initials, possibly printed in Lyons around 1490 by Simon Vostre.

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark 'R.S.M.'.

Acquisition

The collection was presented to the Library by Royal Scottish Museum (now National Museum of Scotland) in 1964.

Related collections

A small collection of manuscripts of the 16th and the 17th century, consisting of single leaves and initials, was also presented by the Museum in 1964. The manuscripts are held at MSS.25241-25251.