Record ID:
314466
Accession number:
MA 1953.60
Date:
[1826 or later].
Credit:
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description:
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes:
Date of writing based on contents of the notes.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Watermark: Shield divided into quadrants, surmounted by crown. Shield, Lions, Harp, Horse inside quadrants
Watermark: Countermark: RADWAY 1810.
Summary:
On "the importance of having a book well published and the necessity that an author should have the personal choice of the Bookseller," referring specifically to Scott's arrangement with Archibald Constable & Co. and the bankruptcy of 1826.
Provenance:
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
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