Original 19th-century drawing of Merchiston Castle The wood shows a beautiful

The wood shows a beautiful untouched surface with generations of patina

Pastoral romances such as Estelle and Galatée

and the removable tray intact

and personal effects

and interior wear consistent with time and use

Original 19th-century drawing of Merchiston Castle The wood shows a beautifulThomas H. Shepherd (fl. 18171840), Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh Original 19th century drawing of Merchiston Castle, the ancestral seat of the Napier family. Merchiston Castle is best known as the birthplace of John Napier (15501617), the famed Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms. Napiers groundbreaking work, Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio(1614), revolutionized mathematics and astronomy, earning dedications from contemporaries