![]() A significant number of late c19th and early c20th century books were originally awarded as educational prizes to children, not just in local Edinburgh schools, from further afield including Papa Westray in the Orkney islands). ![]() Some books in the collection contain particularly interesting paratextual features, such as bookplates, inscriptions, and marginalia. The special collection has been categorised as pre-1850, and includes titles such as Claudius Mauger’s French Grammar With Additions (1698), Andrew Tooke’s The Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods (1791), Thomas Mavor’s Elements of Natural History (1807), and Anna Laetitia Barbauld’s The History of a Goldfinch (1808). The books in the collection range from 17th Latin grammar guides to the classics of 20 th century children’s fiction. A cosy image from one of our favourite illustrated pop-up books, with a little library in the corner! ![]()
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