Labels. Identifying artifacts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of paper, leather, fabric, or small tablets inscribed and affixed to something for identification or description. In the context of bookbinding, refers specifically to paper or other material separate from that used to cover a book, on which the author's name and the title are printed or engraved and glued to the spine or front board.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Working autograph of ‘Rob Roy’ by Sir Walter Scott, with some associated papers., 1817.
Item
Identifier: MS.50702
Scope and Contents
Complete working manuscript of 'Rob Roy'.Associated content.Letter, circa 1817, of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne on the completion of 'Rob Roy'. Folio i.Fragment of a sales catalogue, 4th quarter of 19th century. Folio ii.Card from Honresfield, Littleborough, marked 'Scott original manuscript of 'Rob Roy''. Folio iii.Newspaper clipping from 'The Times', 19 March 1901, on the effect of 'Rob Roy' on James Russell Lowell. Folio...
Dates:
1817.