Printed Book Deposits 1997-98

• From the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, a selection of 129 printed volumes formerly housed in the library of St Columba's Cathedral and the Bishop's House, Oban. Included in the deposit are:
• WINZET, Ninian. Flagellum sectariorum, qui religionis praetextu seditiones iam in caesarem, aut in alios orthodoxos principes excitare student. Ingolstadii, 1582.
  • Includes a criticism of George Buchanan's De iure regni apud Scotos from a Roman Catholic standpoint.
• MERIAN, Matthaeus. [Dance of death. French] La danse des morts, comme elle est dépeinte dans la louable et célebre ville de Basle. A Basle, 1789.
  • Illustrated by the notable 17th century engraver, Matthaeus Merian, who operated in Germany and Switzerland.
• BARRON, Philip F. Ancient Ireland. Nos. 1-5. Dublin, 1835.
  • A complete set of a short-lived rare Irish periodical. Includes article comparing traditional Irish literature with the Scottish Ossianic poetry as publicised by James Macpherson.
• BIBLE. - Apocrypha [Gaelic.] Apocripha air eadar-theangachadh air son a' cheud uair ... chum na Gaelic Albannaich. Leis an Urramach Alasdair MacGriogair. Lunainn, 1860.
  • With a presentation inscription from the translator to Donald Macpherson, sub-librarian in the Advocates' Library and also known as a Gaelic scholar and contributor to literary Gaelic journals.