BIB_ID
311959
Accession number
MA 431.64
Creator
Constable, Archibald, 1774-1827.
Display Date
1824 Oct. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "J. O. Robinson, Esq. / 90 Cheapside / London."
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Enclosing a letter and epilogue by Sir Walter Scott for Robinson's use in his literary pocket book; inquiring after the stock of an Encyclopedia; asking about possible ways of sending the original editions "of the works of the author of Waverly" into circulation without injury to the uniform sets.
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