BIB_ID
308025
Accession number
MA 426.20
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1803 May 25.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to Ellis.
Labeled "No. 17" and "May 25th 1803" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
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. 17" and "May 25th 1803" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
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
Enclosing a transcript of Gervase of Tilbury's "De Dominica Castre de Espervel" (3 p., in Latin), mentioning how this contextualizes the dating of the romance of King Richard, and further discussing other romances in that work; recalling the "paradise of Sunninghill" that he and Charlotte enjoyed while visiting; describing his further travels to Oxford with Heber; hoping to catch up on his work so that he is able to return to "Sir Tristrem" soon and mentioning that the new edition of the Minstrelsy has been published in Scotland; referring to Leyden.
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