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Thomas Blaikie textbooks

Two textbooks - Haller's 'History of the Plants of Switzerland' published in 1769 and Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' published in 1775. Both include some degree of annotation or inscription.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688, author

Thomas Blaikie collection

  • GB 235 BLT
  • Collection
  • 1769 - 1890

The collection dates between 1769 and c2003 and comprises:

  • 3 notebooks including financial records, language studies and diaries;
  • 17 pieces of correspondence and handwritten notes;
  • a printed compendium of Swiss flora;
  • a copy of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress;
  • 4 prints of notable 18th century French figures; and
  • two photographs of items which belonged to Blaikie's family.

Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener

History of the Plants of Switzerland

Vellum bound 1769 copy of Haller’s History of the Plants of Switzerland, in Latin and containing detailed annotations in the front and back covers and throughout. (Box 1)

von Haller, Albrecht, 1708-1777, anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopaedist, bibliographer and poet

Thomas Blaikie diary 1775-1781

Diary covering the period 1775 to 1781 including an account of a collecting trip in the Swiss Alps and a list of plants collected and sent to Fothergill and Pitcairn from Bourdigny in November 1775. The first page has been cut out.

Contains a loose and undated handwritten note in English and French on particular dates and points in Blaikie's life including residence, age and date of death. (Box 1)

Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener

The Pilgrim's Progress

Third edition of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, published 1775. Inscribed with the names John Murray and Thomas Blaikie on the frontispiece. (Box 2)

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688, author

Thomas Blaikie images

Four engravings of notable French figures and two photographs of decorative items thought to belong to Blaikie and his family.

Bacler D'Albe, Louis, 1761-1824, printmaker, painter/draughtsman

Thomas Blaikie accounts book 'Comptes Particulier de B'

One green vellum bound notebook containing accounts for customers arranged by surname. A number of pages have been removed. The earliest entry is January 1789 and latest is June 1822.

Contains a loose handwritten note compiled in 2003 detailing the missing pages and method of their removal and noting that it was faxed to Pat Taylor. (Box 2)

Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener

Print of Michel Gabriel Pacard

Portrait of Michel Gabriel Pacard in a circular frame; beneath is a ledge on which is an engraved plaque; beneath this is a picture with a view of Mont Blanc in a gold frame; foliage and pink ribbon decorate the structure.
Etching with hand-colouring. Source: British Museum collection, where copies of this portrait are also held. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3308005&partId=1&searchText=Pacard&images=true&page=1
(Box 3)

Bacler D'Albe, Louis, 1761-1824, printmaker, painter/draughtsman

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