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'A Plan of the Cities of Alexandria Vetus, and New Alexandria or Scanderia; with the old & new Ports. Also Lower Egypt and the Bay of Abourkir: with illustrations from the Authorities of Norden, Tott, Savary, Volney & other eminent Travellers: By J[oh]n Luffmann, Geog[raphe]r'
'London. Engraved & Published Nov[embe]r 5th 1798, by John Luffmann No. 2, Inner Sweetings Alley Royal Exchange [... ]'

John Luffmann.

Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile

Five insets: 'Bay of Aboukir or Bequiere or Bay of Shods'; 'View of Great Pharillon'; 'Ruins of the Alexandrian Library'; 'View of Little Pharillon’.

Endorsed on spine: MSS 46

Contains: catalogue of John Anderson's Library (ff.1-61); catalogue of fossils arranged according to the tables of Mr. Babington, Lecturer in Chemistry, London (ff.67-103); catalogue of apparatus, furniture etc belonging to Anderson's Institution, June 1799 (ff.112-131).

There are several blank folios and pencil annotations. Folios 132-134 contain several endorsements confirming the transfer of these items to the managers of Anderson's Institution, 1799-1806, and notes by James Smith, of Jordanhill, 1831, including additional donations of books.

One city view and one map of Munich, mounted on one sheet.

• 'Der Schrannenplatz in Munich'; 'Ludwig [ ]age gez.'; 'Stahlstich v[on]. J. Hoffmeister'; J. Hoffmeister after Ludwig [ Jage; 'Darmstadt bei G. G. Lange, München bei G. Franz'; no date; 16.3 x 10.5 cm on 25.7 x 16.8 cm backing
• 'A Plan of the City of Munich'; 'J [ ] sculp'; 'Published by J. Stochdale, Piccadilly, 1800'; 1800; 22.4 x 16.6 cm on 26.5 x 20 cm sheet

Various authors.

• Perspective view of a garden, a female figure drawn in top margin; 20.2 x 17.7 cm
• Sketch of an idealised cityscape depicting a ruler's palace opposite a city at a river, a mosque with four minarets in the background to the left; 32 x 23.1 cm

Anon.

'Cities Exhibition No. 817 presented by Dr A[nanda] Coomaraswamy'
[Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), Ceylon (Sri Lanka) born author and philosopher.]

Contains notes on disbursements, 1806.

With transcript.

'Eleusis'
[Title repeated in German and Cyrillic]

'Lemaitre sc'
[ ] Lemaitre
[Probably Augustin François Lemaitre]

'35' endorsed in top right corner.

'Panorama de Londres vu de la Nacelle d’un Ballon.'

Anon.

Engraving by William Evans, published by Cadell and Davis, London.

Printed caption: 'John Anderson M.A. F.R.S. Late Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow'

'Vue générale de Paris'
'Dess. d'ap. nat. par Chapuy'
'Lith par Aubrun et J. Jacottet'
'Paris, Lemière, Galerie d'Orléans 19 et rue Castiglionne 4'
'Imp. Lemercier, Paris'

[ ] Aubrun and Jean Jacottet after Nicclas-Marie-Joseph Chapuy.

'P no 110' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in top right corner.

'Published by Call & Inglis, 38 North Bridge, of Edinburgh'

Anon.

Scale: unspecified.

Inset: 'The Shetland Islands'

'South [ ] [ ] North East' endorsed in manuscript in left margin.

Map mounted on backing (score paper) endorsed on reverse 'Scotland, Caledonia'.

Illegible inscription in manuscript in pencil in margin.

Map of the Continent of Africa.
Inscriptions all in German.
Anon.

Scale: 3 inches to 800 miles

Four Insets: 'Die südlichen Canarien'; Die Capländer';'Die Insel St. Helena'; 'Die Mascarenen'.

'Isles Britanniques. Troisieme Carte. Angleterre'
'P. F. Tardieu sculp.'
'André scrip.'

Scale: 3 1/2 inches to 12 miles