Location symbols

Location symbols and other abbreviations used in the online version of 'A list of books printed in Scotland before 1701' by H G Aldis.

• A — Advocates Library/National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
• A3 — Charter Room, Townhouse, Aberdeen. = V
• A4 — United Free Church Library, Aberdeen
• A5 — Aberdeen Public Library
• Abbotsford — Abbotsford, Melrose, Roxburghshire
• Amsterdam — Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
• B — British Library, London
• Balt — George Peabody Department, Enoch Pratt Free library, Baltimore, Maryland
• Berlin — Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
• Birm — Birmingham University
• Blairs — Blairs College, Aberdeen (now on deposit in the National Library of Scotland)
• BO — Boston Public Library
• BO2 — Boston Athenaeum
• BO6 — Zion Research Library, Boston, Mass
• Bonn — Universitätsbibliothek, Bonn
• Britwell — Britwell Court Library (now dispersed)
• BTU — Queen's University, Belfast
• C — Cambridge University
• C2 — Trinity College, Cambridge = T
• C3 — Emmanuel College, Cambridge
• C4 — King's College, Cambridge
• C5 — St John's College, Cambridge
• C6 — Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge
• C7 — Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
• C8 — Jesus College, Cambridge
• C9 — Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
• C10 — Magdalene College, Cambridge
• C11 — St Catherine's College, Cambridge
• C12 — Christ's College, Cambridge
• C13 — Clare College, Cambridge
• C16 — Queens' College, Cambridge
• C17 — Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
• C18 — Selwyn College, Cambridge
• C19 — Peterhouse College, Cambridge
• C20 — Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• CAL — University of California, Los Angeles
• Carlisle — Carlisle Cathedral
• Cashel — Cashel Cathedral, County Tipperary
• CB — John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
• CH — Chapin Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts
• CHI — Chicago University
• CLC — William A. Clark Library, Los Angeles
• Copenhagen — Royal Library, Copenhagen
• CU — Columbia University, New York
• D — St Andrews University
• D2 — Marsh Library, Dublin
• DnP — Dundee Public Library
• DnU — Dundee University
• Dulwich — Dulwich College, London
• Dur — Durham Cathedral
• Dur3 — Cosin Library, Durham (now part of Durham University Library)
• Dur5 — Durham University
• E — Edinburgh University
• E4 — New College, Edinburgh
• E5 — Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
• E7 — Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh
• E8 — Edinburgh Public Libraries, including Huntly House Museum and Town Council Archives
• E11 — Speculative Society, Edinburgh
• E12 — Edward Clark Library, Napier University, Edinburgh
• E13 — Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
• E20 — Scottish Episcopal Church Library, Edinburgh
• E21 — Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
• E22 — Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (on deposit in the National Library of Scotland)
• E23 — Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
• E24 — Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
• Ely — Ely Cathedral
• F — Library of F. S Ferguson (now dispersed; mainly in the National Library of Scotland and the Library of the University of Illinois)
• Folg — Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
• Fort Augustus — Benedictine Monastery, Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire (the older books now on deposit in the National Library of Scotland)
• G — Glasgow University
• G5 — Glasgow City Archives
• G6 — St Peter's College, Newlands, Glasgow
• Geneva — Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire à Genève
• Göttingen — Göttingen University
• Gray — Gray Library, Haddington (now in the National Library of Scotland)
• Hague — Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
• Haverford — Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
• HD — Harvard University (including Law School)
• HH — Sir R.L. Harmsworth's Library (now dispersed: British books printed up to 1640 now in Folg)
• HN — Huntington Library, San Marino, California
• Huth — Huth Library (now dispersed)
• I — Innerpeffray Library
• ILL — University of Illinois
• IND — Indiana University
• Iowa — Iowa University
• J — John Rylands University Library. Manchester
• Jaggard — W. Jaggard Library, Stratford-on-Avon (now dispersed)
• JH — Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
• K2 — Hornel Museum, Broughton House, Kirkcudbright
• L2 — Lambeth Palace, London
• L3 — Dr Williams' Library, London
• L4 — Sion College, London (now dispersed)
• L5 — Society of Antiquaries of London
• L8 — Guildhall Library, London
• L13 — Westminster Abbey
• L14 — British and Foreign Bible Society, London
• L15 — St Paul's Cathedral
• L16 — Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London
• L17 — Royal College of Physicians, London
• L19 — Royal College of Surgeons, London
• L22 — Lincoln's Inn
• L30 — London University
• L31 — Congregational Library, Memorial Hall, Farrington Street, London
• L38 — University College, London
• L43 — The London Library
• L49 — Gray's Inn
• L50 — Friends' House
• L51 — House of Lords
• Lamp — St David's College, Lampeter
• LdU — Leeds University
• Leighton — Archbishop Leighton's Library, Dunblane (apply to Stirling University Library)
• Linc — Lincoln Cathedral
• Liv — Liverpool Cathedral (Anglican)
• Liv3 — University of Liverpool
• M — Mitchell Library, Glasgow
• M2 — Chetham's Library, Manchester
• MCG — McGill University, Montreal
• MEL — Public Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
• MEL2 — University of Melbourne
• MICH — University of Michigan
• MIN — University of Minnesota
• MWA — American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
• N — Newberry Library, Chicago
• NC — Columbia University, New York
• NEK — Newcastle University (formerly King's College)
• NLA — National Library of Australia, Canberra
• NLW — National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
• NU — Union Theological Seminary, New York
• NW — North Western University
• NY — New York Public Library
• NY2 — New York Historical Society
• NY4 — New York Academy of Medicine
• NY6 — American Bible Society, New York
• NY7 — New York University
• NY11 — General Theological Seminary, New York
• O — Used as a location symbol, O means Bodleian Library, Oxford.
• O2 — Queen's College, Oxford
• O3 — Christ Church, Oxford
• O5 — Corpus Christi College, Oxford
• O6 — Worcester College, Oxford
• O7 — Wadham College, Oxford
• O8 — St John's College, Oxford
• O13 — Lincoln College, Oxford
• O14 — New College, Oxford
• O17 — Balliol College, Oxford
• O18 — Jesus College, Oxford
• O19 — Oriel College, Oxford
• O26 — St Edmund's Hall, Oxford
• O38 — Oxford University Press
• P — Public Record Office, London
• Paris — Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
• Paris2 — Bibliothèque de L'Arsenal, Paris
• PEN — University of Pennsylvania
• PEN2 — Pennsylvania State University
• Perth — Sandeman Library, Perth
• Peterborough — Peterborough Cathedral
• PH — Library Company of Philadelphia
• Plume — Plume Library, Malden
• PML — Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
• PNT — Princeton Theological Seminary
• Princeton — Princeton University
• Q — Society of Antiquaries, London
• R — Scottish Record Office, Register House, Edinburgh
• RD — Rothamstead Agricultural Experimental Station
• Reading — University of Reading, Reading, Berks
• Rosenbach — Rosenbach Foundation
• Rutgers — Rutgers University
• S — Signet Library, Edinburgh, partly dispersed between 1959 and 1964
• Saint Asaph — St Asaph's Cathedral
• St Gallen — Stadtbibliothek, St Gallen
• Saltoun — Saltoun Parish Library (in National Library of Scotland)
• SHEF — Sheffield University
• Stirling — Stirling University
• SWA — Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
• Sydney — University of Sydney, New South Wales
• Sydney2 — Public Library of New South Wales, Sudney
• T — Trinity College, Cambridge
• TCD — Trinity College, Dublin
• Tex — University of Texas
• Truro — Bishop Phillpott Library, Truro
• U — Aberdeen University
• Ushaw — St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durham
• Utrecht — Utrecht University, Utrecht
• V — Aberdeen City Charter Room
• VA — University of Virginia, Charlottesville
• Vienna — National Library, Vienna
• Wash — Library of Congress, Washington
• Wash11 — Surgeon-General's Office, Washington
• WEL — Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
• WIN2 —St George's Chapter Library, Windsor Castle
• WIS — University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wn
• WN — Winchester College
• Wolfenbüttel — Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
• Y — Yale University (including Cushing Library, Yale Medical School)
• Yk — York Minster

• Abbotsford Cat — Catalogue of the Library at Abbotsford. 1838
• Ab.P — J. P. Edmond, The Aberdeen printers. 1886
• Ab.P.L. Notes — J. P. Edmond, Last notes on the Aberdeen printers. 1888
• ABR — The Aberdeen burgess register, 1631-1700. Edited by A.M. Munro. [New Spalding Club Miscellany, 11.] 1908
• Acts — The acts of the parliaments of Scotland. Edited by Thomas Thomson. 12 vols. 1844-75
• APT — List of pollable persons in the shire of Aberdeen 1696, 2 vols. [Spalding Club.] 1844
• Arber — E. Arber, A transcript of the registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1554-1640. 5 vols. 1875-94
• BA — Bibliographia Aberdonensis. By J. F. Kellas Johnstone and A. W. Robertson. 2 vols. [Third Spalding Club.] 1929-30
• Baillie — The letters and journals of Robert Baillie. 3 vols. [Bannatyne Club.] 1841-2
• Banff — The annals of Banff. Edited by W. Cramond. 2 vols. [New Spalding Club.] 1891-3
• Bann.Misc — The Bannatyne miscellany. 3 vols. [Bannatyne Club.] 1827-55
• BGBG — The burgesses and guild brethren of Glasgow 1573-1750. Edited by J. R. Anderson. [Scottish Record Society.] 1925
• Bibliotheck — The Bibliotheck: a Scottish Journal of Bibliography and Allied Topics
• BL — R. Steele, A bibliography of royal proclamations, ii, pt.2 (Scotland). [Bibliotheca Lindesiana, vi, pt.2.] 1910
• BL England — R. Steele, A bibliography of royal proclamations, i (England and Wales). [Bibliotheca Lindesiana, v.] 1910
• Black — G. F. Black, The beginnings of the study of Hebrew in Scotland. [A.S. freidus Memorial Volume, New York] 1929
• BRG — Extracts from the records of the burgh of Glasgow 1663-1717. 2 vols. [Scottish Burgh Records Society.] 1905-8
• brs — Sometimes used for broadside or broadsheet, but s.sh. is more usual
• Calderwood — David Calderwood, The history of the Kirk of Scotland. 8 vols. [Wodrow Society.] 1842-9
• Carnie I — R. H. Carnie and R. P. Doig, Scottish printers and booksellers 1668-1775: a supplement. [SB, xii, 131-59.] 1959
• Carnie II — R. H. Carnie, Scottish printers and booksellers 1668-1775: a second supplement. [SB, xiv, 81-96; xv, 105-19.] 1961-2
• Carnie III — R. H. Carnie, Perth booksellers and bookbinders 1538-1864. [The Bibliotheck, i, no.4, 24-39.] 1958
• Carruthers — S. W. Carruthers, Three centuries of the Westminster Shorter Catechism. 1957
• Century — A century of books printed in Glasgow. [Glasgow Bibliographical Society Records, v, 1915-16.]
• Chalmers — G. Chalmers, The life of Thomas Ruddiman. 1794
• Clerk MSS — Index, Clerk of Penicuik MSS, Register House, Edinburgh
• Const — Catalogue of a collection of tracts illustrative of British history. [From the library of David Constable.] 1827
• Cotton — H. Cotton, A list of editions of the Bible, and parts thereof in English. 2nd edition. 1852
• Court Book C — Records of the Court of the Stationers' Company 1602 to 1640, ed. William Jackson. London, 1957
• Cowan — W. Cowan, A bibliography of the Book of Common Order. [EBS Publications, x, 1911-13.]
• Dal — Dalrymple Office, Register House, Edinburgh. The numerals in the references Dal., Dur. and Mack., describe the volume number, and the number of the first page only of the deed
• Dalzel — A. Dalzel, History of the University of Edinburgh. 2 vols. 1862
• DE — R. Dickson and J. P. Edmond, Annals of Scottish printing. 1890
• DM — Historical catalogue of printed editions of the English Bible 1525-1961. Revised from the edition of T. H. Darlow and H. F. Moule by A. S. Herbert. London: British and Foreign Bible Society. 1968
• DNB — Dictionary of National Biography
• Dur — Durie Office, Register House, Edinburgh
• EBS — Edinburgh Bibliographical Society
• ERA 1583-1666 — The register of apprentices in the city of Edinburgh 1583-1666. Edited by Sir F. J. Grant. [Scottish Record Society.] 1906
• ERA 1666-1700 — The register of Edinburgh apprentices 1666-1700. Edited by C. B. Boog Watson. [Scottish Record Society.] 1929
• ERBE — Extracts from the records of the burgh of Edinburgh. Edited by M. Wood and H. Armet. 1927
• EUL MSS — Graduand and matriculation registers. Edinburgh University Library MSS
• fol — Folio
• Foulis — The account book of Sir John Foulis of Ravelston 1671-1707. Edited by A. W. C. Hallen. [SHS, xvi.] 1894
• Fountainhall — Historical notices of Scottish affairs, selected from the manuscripts of Mr John Lauder of Fountainhall. 2 vols. 1661-88. [Bannatyne Club.] 1848
• Harleian Library — Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae. 1744
• Haz — W. C. Hazlitt, Collections and notes. H.: Hand-book to the popular, poetical and dramatic literature of Great Britain. 1867. i: Collections and notes [1st Series]. 1876. ii: Bibliographical collections and notes, 2nd Series. 1882. iii: 3rd Series. 1887. iv: 3rd Series, [1st] Supplements. 1889. v: 3rd Series, 2nd Supplement. 1892. vi: 4th Series. 1903
• Herbert — Typographical antiquities. Begun by Joseph Ames, augmented by William Herbert. 3 vols. 1785-90
• HS. of A. Anderson — Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson
• Hunt — Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. 3 vols. 1958-61
• JC — Manuscript, written by James Chalmers, of George Chalmers's collections on the history of printing in Scotland. (National Library of Scotland, Advocates' MS. 16.2.21-22.)
• Kastner — The poetical works of William Drummond of Hawthornden. Edited by L. E. Kastner. 2 vols. [Scottish Text Society, New Series, iii-iv, 1913.]
• Kennedy — W. Kennedy, The annals of Aberdeen. 2 vols. 1818
• Laing — Catalogue of the first[-fourth] portion of the library of the late David Laing. 1879-81
• Lauder — Journals of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall 1665-1676. Edited by D. Crawford. [SHS. xxxvi.] 1900
• L.Charteris — Catalogue of Scottish writers [chiefly by Laurence Charteris, edited by J. Maidment]. 1833
• Lea Wilson — Bibles, Testaments, Psalms and other Books of the Holy Scriptures in English. In the Collection of Lea Wilson. 1845
• Lee — Memorial for the Bible Societies in Scotland. [By Dr John Lee.] 1824. Additional memorial, 1826
• Lee, Brian North — Brian North Lee. Early Printed Book Labels. Private Libraries Association, 1975
• Lumsden — H. Lumsden and P. Aitken, History of the hammermen of Glasgow. 1912
• McDonald — W. R. McDonald. Scottish almanacs. [Bibliotheck iv nos. 7 & 8]. 1966
• Mack — Mackenzie Office, Register House, Edinburgh
• McK. & F — Ronald B. McKerrow and F.S. Ferguson. Title-page borders used in England and Scotland 1485-1640. London, 1932
• M`Ure — J. M`Ure. The history of Glasgow. New edition. 1830. Appendix
• Maunsell — A. Maunsell, The catalogue of English printed books, 1595. [Facsimile in English Bibliographical Sources, Ser.2, i.] 1965
• Mitchell — W. S. Mitchell, A history of Scottish bookbinding 1432 to 1650. [Aberdeen University Studies, cxxxiv.] 1955
• N. & Q — Notes & Queries
• O — If prefixed to a letter followed by a number in the right-hand column of the list of books, O means D. Wing, Gallery of ghosts, 1967. Used as a location symbol, O means Bodleian Library, Oxford
• OG — The memorial catalogue of the Old Glasgow Exhibition. 1894
• PBD — Plomer, Bushnell and Dix, A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775. Those in Scotland by G. H. Bushnell. [Bibliographical Society.] 1932
• PC — Privy Council
• PC Reg — Register of the Privy Council
• Plomer I — H. R. Plomer, A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667. [Bibliographical Society.] 1907
• Plomer II — H. R. Plomer, A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725. [Bibliographical Society.] 1922
• Procl — Proclamation
• PTR — Edinburgh poll tax returns for 1694. Edited by M. Wood. [Scottish Record Society.] 1951
• PTRE — Poll tax returns for Edinburgh parishes. MS. Register House, Edinburgh
• Qua. or Quaritch Cat — Sale catalogues of Bernard Quaritch, London
• Ramage — D. Ramage, A finding-list of English books to 1640. 1958
• Rariora — Rariora, being notes of some of the printed books, &c. &c., collected (1858-1900) by John Eliot Hodgkin
• RD Index — Index to the register of deeds 1661-94. Scottish Record Office. 1915-68
• ROA — Records of Old Aberdeen, MCLVIII-MDCCCXLI. Edited by A. M. Munro. i. [New Spalding Club.] 1899
• Row's Historie — J. Row, The history of the Kirk of Scotland. [Wodrow Society.] 1842
• Roxburghe — A catalogue of the library of John, Duke of Roxburghe. 1812
• RTG — The Commissariat Record of Glasgow. Register of testaments 1547-1800. Edited by F. J. Grant. [Scottish Record Society.] 1901
• Sabin — J. Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America. 29 vols. 1868-1936
• Sanders — W. J. Couper, Robert Sanders the Elder. [Glasgow Bibliographical Society Records, iii, 1913-14.]
• SB — Studies in Bibliography. Edited by Fredson Bowers. 1948-
• Seafield — Seafield correspondence from 1685 to 1708. Edited by J. Grant. [SHS, New Series, iii.] 1912
• SHR — Scottish Historical Review
• SHS — Publications of the Scottish History Society
• Spott.Misc — The Spottiswoode miscellany. 2 vols. [Spottiswoode Society.] 1844-5
• SP Scot — State Papers (Scotland) in the Public Record Office, London. Calendared in print in Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland, 1509-1603. 2 vols. 1858
• s.sh — The symbol usually employed to describe a print consisting of a single sheet of paper (unfolded) of whatever size
• s.sh.fol — Sometimes used for half a sheet regarded as a single leaf in folio format, but s.sh. is more usual
• STC — A. W. Pollard and C. R. Redgrave. A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland, 1475-1640. Second edition, revised and enlarged begun by W. A. Jackson & F. S. Ferguson completed by Katharine F. Pantzer 3 vols. [Bibliographical Society.] 1986-1991
• Tyler — Inventary of worke done for the State by his Majesties Printer in Scotland [Evan Tyler], Dec. 1642-Oct. 1647. 1815
• Watson — J. Watson, History of the art of printing, 1713. [Facsimile in English Bibliographical Sources, Ser.3, i.] 1965
• Wing — D. Wing, Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America, 1641-1700. 3 vols. 1945-51
• Wodrow Miscell — The miscellany of the Wodrow Society. 1844
• Wr — W. Beattie, A hand-list of works from the press of John Wreittoun. [EBS Transactions, ii, 1946.]