Photographs of two letters of Sir Walter Scott, to Professor Kund Lyne Rahbek, and to Adam Öhlenschlager, the Danish poet.
File
Identifier: MS.85
Scope and Contents
The letter to Professor Kund Lyne Rahbek, 1822, concerns the republication of the Kaempeviser, and the letter to Adam Öhlenschlager, 1824 (according to the post¬mark; Scott dates 1816), concerns the publication of the latter’s work in English.
Dates
- Creation: 1822, 1824.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
7 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
7 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1927, by Dr Sigfus Blöndal, Librarian of the Royal Library, Copenhagen.
Existence and Location of Originals
The original letters are in the Royal Library, Copenhagen.
Bibliography
The letters are printed, with an introduction, in 'The Walter Scott Quarterly', January 1928, pages 176-180.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk