BIB_ID
307971
Accession number
MA 426.17
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1802 Nov. 29.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Labeled "No. 14" on p. 1.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Labeled "No. 14" on p. 1.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
Regretting that Leyden's delay has prevented him from sending Ellis a letter by hand; thanking Mrs. Ellis for a manuscript, saying he has studied the romance at length; discussing Graysteil and the Cœur de Lion romance (about King Richard); saying he is busy compiling the third volume of the Minstrelsy; mentioning his sale of the copyright for that work (for £500); and discussing the sale of books.
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