Documents

Presented here are various documents for reference, including books, maps, and other files.

• Books

  • Fiction

    • Walter Scott

      • Rob Roy, Vol. I 1818

        First edition of Sir Walter Scott’s 1818 novel about Rob Roy MacGregor — the opening volume of three.

      • Rob Roy, vol. II 1818

        Volume II of the three-volume 1818 first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy, published in Edinburgh by Constable and in London by Longman.

      • Rob Roy, Volume III 1818

        The third and final volume of the 1818 first edition of Sir Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy, the book that fixed the romantic image of the MacGregor outlaw in the popular imagination.

      • The Lady of the Lake 1869

        Walter Scott's 1810 narrative poem set around Loch Katrine, in an illustrated 1869 Edinburgh edition.

    • The Highland Rogue 1743

      An eighteenth-century chapbook biography of Rob Roy MacGregor, framed as a general history of the Highlanders.

    • Poems, in Two Volumes (vol. 1) 1807

      The first volume of William Wordsworth’s 1807 two-volume poetry collection, a landmark of English Romanticism.

    • Poems, in Two Volumes 1807

      William Wordsworth's 1807 collection, the first appearance in print of “Rob Roy's Grave” among its Scottish poems.

  • Non Fiction

    • Clans

      • Clan Gregor

        • Historical Memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan MacGregor 1818

          An 1818 Glasgow volume by Kenneth Macleay covering Rob Roy and the Clan MacGregor, with original notices of Lady Grange and an introductory sketch of the Highlands before 1745.

        • Historical Notices of the Clan Gregor 1831

          Donald Gregory's 1831 essay drawing on charters, parliamentary records, and family papers to sketch the early history of Clan Gregor.

        • History of the Clan Gregor, Volume 1 1898

          Volume 1 (878-1625) of Amelia Murray MacGregor's clan history, compiled from public records and private collections at the request of the Clan Gregor Society.

        • History of the Clan Gregor, Volume 2 1901

          Amelia Murray MacGregor's 1901 second volume of the Clan Gregor Society's official history, drawn from public records and private collections, covering 1625-1774.

      • Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland 1899

        An 1899 atlas-companion mapping the territorial distribution of Scottish clans.

      • The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans circa 1900

        An illustrated late-19th-century Edinburgh handbook of Scottish clans, pairing each clan's tartan with a short historical note.

    • Heraldry

      • A System of Heraldry, Vol. 1 1816

        Alexander Nisbet's treatise on Scottish heraldry, with the arms of the principal surnames and families together with historical and genealogical notes; volume 1 of the 1816 Blackwood reissue of the 1722 original.

      • A System of Heraldry, Vol. 2 1816

        The posthumous second volume of Alexander Nisbet’s treatise on Scottish heraldry, covering marks of cadency, external ornaments of the shield, and supplementary genealogical matter; the 1816 Blackwood reissue of the 1742 original.

      • Scottish Heraldry Made Easy 1912

        G. Harvey Johnston’s 1912 popular handbook to Scottish heraldry, explaining the principles of blazon and the rules of the Lyon Court for a general readership, with eight plates.

      • Heraldry in Scotland, Vol. 1 1914

        John Horne Stevenson’s 1914 recension of George Seton’s “Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland”, treating heraldic principles and Scottish practice with illustrative plates; volume 1 of two, issued by Maclehose of Glasgow.

      • Heraldry in Scotland, Vol. 2 1914

        John Horne Stevenson’s 1914 recension of George Seton’s “Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland”; volume 2 of two, carrying the plates and supporting matter, issued by Maclehose of Glasgow.

    • The Black Book of Taymouth 1855

      An 1855 edition of the Breadalbane Campbells' house-book and associated charter-room papers, edited by Cosmo Innes, including the Chronicle of Fortingall and the testament of Duncan Laideus.

    • Picturesque Scotland circa 1885

      An illustrated late-Victorian tour of Scotland by Francis Watt, weaving scenery, legend, song and history together region by region.

    • The Lairds of Glenlyon 1886

      Duncan Campbell's 1886 historical sketches of Appin, Glenlyon, and Breadalbane, tracing the lairds and notable families of the Perthshire-Argyll borderlands.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 1 1904

      Volume 1 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904–14), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 2 1905

      Volume 2 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 3 1906

      Volume 3 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 4 1907

      Volume 4 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 5 1908

      Volume 5 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 6 1909

      Volume 6 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 7 1910

      Volume 7 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 8 1911

      Volume 8 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

    • The Scots Peerage, Vol. 9 1914

      Volume 9 of Sir James Balfour Paul’s nine-volume Scots Peerage (1904 to 1914), the closing volume in the series, a historical and genealogical account of the Scottish nobility built on Wood’s edition of Douglas’s earlier Peerage of Scotland.

  • Life and Surprising Exploits of Rob Roy 1821

    A short 1821 New York chapbook biography of Rob Roy MacGregor with an attached historical sketch of the Clan MacGregor, attributed to D. Stewart.

• Directories

  • Glasgow

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1895-1896 1896

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1896-1897 1896

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1897-1898 1897

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1898-1899 1898

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1899-1900 1899

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1900-1901 1900

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1901-1902 1901

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1902-1903 1902

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1903-1904 1903

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1904-1905 1904

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1905-1906 1905

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1906-1907 1906

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1907-1908 1907

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1908-1909 1908

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1909-1910 1909

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1910-1911 1910

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1911-1912 1911

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1912-1913 1912

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1913-1914 1913

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1914-1915 1914

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1915-1916 1915

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1916-1917 1916

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1917-1918 1917

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1918-1919 1918

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1919-1920 1919

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1920-1921 1920

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1921-1922 1921

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1922-1923 1922

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1923-1924 1923

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

    • Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, 1924-1925 1924

      One volume of Glasgow's annual Post Office directory, listing the city's residents, streets and trades.

• Maps

  • Glasgow

    • Bartholomew's Pocket Plan of Glasgow 1918

      A pocket-sized street plan of Glasgow published by John Bartholomew & Son of Edinburgh, reduced from the Ordnance Survey. The sheet measures 780 x 558 mm and covers the city centre and inner suburbs with named streets, railways, parks and public buildings.

    • New Parliamentary Divisions 1918

      Large-scale plan of Glasgow and its suburbs by John Bartholomew & Co., showing the new parliamentary divisions introduced under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Published in Glasgow by Aird & Coghill for the Post Office Directory.

  • Glengyle

    • Perth and Clackmannan Sheet CXII.NE. 1901

      Ordnance Survey six-inch map covering parts of Balquhidder, Buchanan and Callander parishes north of Loch Katrine, revised 1898 and published 1901.

    • Stirlingshire Sheet nIII. 1924

      Ordnance Survey six-inch map covering Aberfoyle, Buchanan and Callander parishes — including Glen Gyle and the head of Loch Katrine — revised 1914 and published 1924.

  • National

    • Clan Maps

      • Map of the Highlands of Scotland: Districts of the Highland Clans 1822

        An 1822 map by the Edinburgh engraver William Home Lizars showing the territories of the Highland clans, issued to accompany David Stewart of Garth’s “Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland”.

      • Map of the Clans of Scotland 1899

        T.B. Johnston and James A. Robertson's territorial map of the clans, third edition (1899), the cartographic companion to their Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland.

    • Scotia. Regno di Scotia. circa 1560

      The earliest known printed map of Scotland issued as a separate sheet, attributed to the Venetian engraver Paolo Forlani and associated with the Lafreri school of Italian mapmakers.

    • Scotia Regnum 1662

      Robert Gordon of Straloch’s map of Scotland, engraved and published by Joan Blaeu in the sixth volume of the Atlas Maior at Amsterdam in 1662.

    • A New Mapp of Scotland, the Western, Orkney, and Shetland Islands circa 1705

      An early 18th-century map of Scotland begun under Robert Morden and completed posthumously by the London publisher Christopher Browne.

    • The North Part of Great Britain Called Scotland circa 1730

      Herman Moll’s large early-eighteenth-century map of Scotland, advertising “considerable improvements and many remarks not extant in any map.”

  • Loch Lomond (Pont 17) circa 1590

    Timothy Pont’s late-sixteenth-century manuscript map of Loch Lomond and the surrounding hills, the earliest detailed survey to cover Glengyle and its neighbourhood.

  • Lennox, Argyle circa 1640

    Manuscript map of the Lennox and Argyll districts of western Scotland, drawn by Robert Gordon of Straloch while preparing Timothy Pont's surveys for engraving in Joan Blaeu's atlas.

  • Lorna, Knapdalia, Cantire, Jura, Ila, Glota, et Buthe insulae. 1659

    A hand-coloured Dutch map of Argyll and the southern Inner Hebrides — Lorn, Knapdale, Kintyre, Jura, Islay, the Firth of Clyde and Bute — engraved for Jan Jansson’s Amsterdam atlas at the height of the Dutch Golden Age of cartography.

  • A Description of Part of the Highlands of Scotland 1731

    A manuscript map of the Scottish Highlands marking the clans that came out for the Jacobite cause in the 1715 rising, drawn by John Manson.

  • A Description of the Highlands of Scotland 1731

    Manuscript military map of the Scottish Highlands by Clement Lempriere, showing clan territories, government forts and the road network during General Wade's early campaign of pacification.

  • A New and Correct Map of Scotland or North Britain (south sheet) 1790

    South sheet of Robert Sayer’s two-sheet wall map of Scotland, drawn by Lieutenant Robert Campbell and engraved to show the post and military road network of the late 18th century.

  • A Guide to Loch Catherine and Loch Lomond 1814

    A traveller’s map of the Trossachs and Loch Lomond engraved by James Kirkwood & Sons and published by J. Thomson & Co. of Edinburgh, issued at the height of early-19th-century Highland tourism.

  • Map of Dumbarton Shire 1818

    John Wood's 1818 county map of Dunbartonshire, drawn from his own survey and engraved in Edinburgh by T. Clerk.

  • Perthshire with Clackmannan (south-west sheet) 1827

    South-west sheet of John Thomson’s four-sheet county map of Perthshire, drawn by the surveyor William Johnson and dated 1827, covering the Trossachs, the head of Loch Katrine, Loch Ard and the country to Loch Lomond.

  • Map of the country round Dalmally Inn 1831

    A small lithographed tourist map of the country around Dalmally at the head of Loch Awe, produced for W. Pyle of the Dalmally Inn.

  • Loch Lomond. Sheet 38. 1900

    Ordnance Survey one-inch map of the Loch Lomond area, sheet 38 of the second edition “coloured parishes” series, revised 1895 and published 1900.