Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1771-1832 - 1832

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of "Traditions of Edinburgh" (1825), by Robert Chambers, with double pages replacing cancelled leaves and the original text (concerning Hugo Arnot) supplied in manuscript.

Item

Identifier: Acc.12417

Scope and Contents

Includes tipped in notes of Arnot`s son, and an anecdote, of Walter Scott to Robert Chambers which was incorporated into "Traditions of Edinburgh".

Dates: circa 1825.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Interleaved copy of the introduction to 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, with the author’s manuscript annotations; and some additional, related content., 1823.

Item

Identifier: MS.50704

Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter, 18 December 1793, of Scott to Robert Shortreed on collecting old ballads. Folios i-ii.

Note indicating that the corrections made by Scott to the text remained unpublished. Folios iii-iv.

Note containing the words 'This might perhaps be improved though not enlarged'. Folio v-viii.

Interleaved copy of the introduction of 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland'. Folios 1-130.

Dates: 1823.