Photographs and typescript copies of letters of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Sir Herbert Grierson for the centenary edition of Scott's letters.
Scope and Contents
Some of the letters have not been printed.
At the end are catalogues of letters of Sir Walter Scott to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe and other correspondents, 1927, and to his brother Thomas and the latter's wife, undated.
Dates
- Creation: 1796-1828, 1927, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
78 Leaves ; Quarto and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
78 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1937, by Messrs Constable & Company, Limited, Publishers, London, and Sir Herbert Grierson, F.B.A., through the good offices of James MacLehose, LL.D., Convener of the Books and Manuscripts Committee, in continuation of their earlier gift.
Separated Materials
This volume forms a continuation of MSS.1750-1733.
- 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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