Copies, chiefly typewritten, of letters of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Sir Herbert Grierson when he was preparing the centenary edition of Scott’s letters but rejected from printing.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1750-1753
Scope and Contents
The copies of those letters in the National Library which are to be found in MS.863 have not been preserved. A list of the numbers of the letters in MS.863 is bound in at the beginning of MS.1750.
Dates
- Creation: 1800-1832, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
4 Volumes ; Folio and quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1936, by Messrs Constable & Company, Limited, Publishers, London, and Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Library, through the good offices of James MacLehose, LL.D., likewise a member of the Board.
Bibliography
'The letters of Sir Walter Scott' edited by Herbert John Clifford Grierson (London, 1932-1937).
- 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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk