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Photographs of the journal of John Ballantyne.

 Item
Identifier: MS.1812

Scope and Contents

From folio 97 onward the journal pages are filled with lists of expenses, profit and loss accounts, and notes of business with clients: these include copies of agreements with Archibald Constable & Company, concerning the publication of Sir Walter Scott's ‘Kenilworth’, ‘The monastery’, and ‘The pirate’.

Dates

  • Creation: 1819-1821.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

119 Leaves ; Quarto.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

119 folios.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1936, by the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, owners of the original.

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

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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