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Interleaves.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Sheets of paper or tissue, usually blank, placed, adhered, or bound in between leaves of text or illustrations for protective or decorative purposes or for taking notes.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Interleaved copy of the introduction to 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, with the author’s manuscript annotations; and some additional, related content., 1823.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50704
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter, 18 December 1793, of Scott to Robert Shortreed on collecting old ballads. Folios i-ii.

Note indicating that the corrections made by Scott to the text remained unpublished. Folios iii-iv.

Note containing the words 'This might perhaps be improved though not enlarged'. Folio v-viii.

Interleaved copy of the introduction of 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland'. Folios 1-130.

Dates: 1823.