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Manuscripts written by Sir Walter Scott. , [1813, or after]-1844.

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Identifier: MS.4940

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) A version of 'The battle of Sempach', written on paper watermarked 1813, with a prose introduction (folio 1);

(ii) Manuscript of an article, 'Phantasmagoria no. I', published in "Blackwood's Magazine" (May 1818) (folio 7);

(iii) Fragment of manuscript of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, corresponding to volume iii (first edition), page 323, to the end of the novel; see Gillian Dyson’s, "The manuscripts and proof sheets of Scott's Waverley Novels", in 'Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions', volume iv (1960), pages 26-27; with a letter, 1844, from John A Ballantyne, printer, to Alexander and Robert Blackwood presenting this fragment to them (folio 14).

Dates

  • Creation: [1813, or after]-1844.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

21 Leaves ; Folio and under.

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: Undetermined

Arrangement

21 folios.

Repository Details

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

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