Summary

Identifier

Acc.13422

Dates

• 1817-1826 (Creation)

Extents

• 0.05 Linear metres (Whole)
  1 file

Agent Links

• Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, publishers

• James Ballantyne and Co, Edinburgh, printers

• Robert Cadell, Edinburgh, publishers

• Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott)

• Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist)

Subjects

• Letters. Correspondence.

• Accounts.

• Notes.

• Agreements. Legal instruments.

• Bonds. Legal instruments.

Notes

• Scope and Contents

  Agreements, memoranda, letters, notes and drafts of Sir Walter Scott with his publishers Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell, and his printers, James Ballantyne, concerning Scott`s literary property. Included are a draft of the deed of 1819 selling the copyright of Scott`s novels and poems to Constable, and a letter of John Gibson Lockhart to Archibald Constable concerning his proposal for a Scott edition of Shakespeare, 1823.

• Conditions Governing Access

  Normal access conditions apply.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

• Immediate Source of Acquisition

  Bought, Bonhams, London, 19th March 2013.1 July 2013

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