A collection of 226 volumes, which until 1968 were part of the library of the Royal High School, Edinburgh, before the school was moved out of its former building on Calton Hill. A number of the works are Greek and Latin literary texts and commentaries on them; there are also some works of general literature, history and geography, mostly published in the 17th, the 18th and the 19th century, but including one incunable, an edition of Cicero's works printed in Paris in 1498, and seven 16th-century books.

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark ' R.H.S.'. The incunable is part of in the Library's Incunabula Collection (Inc.282*).

Acquisition

The Library purchased 94 volumes in 1968 and a further 132 were presented by Edinburgh Public Libraries in 1973.