Page from the Fourth Series (France) of ‘Tales of a Grandfather’ by Sir Walter Scott, in his autograph, together with relevant correspondence and a note by Sir William Fraser.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.5.10
Dates
- Creation: Circa 1831.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (iii + 1 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The note of Sir William Fraser reads: `Page holograph of Sir Walter Scott. Purchased by me from a poor old man in the old town of Edinburgh to whom it served in the place of a broken pane of glass in the window of his house about the year 1850 ...` The manuscript was presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1908 by the Trustees of Sir William Fraser.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.595.
Bibliography
‘Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott’, volume 27 (Edinburgh, 1836, pages 94-96).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 07 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- 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
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk