Sir Walter Scott - National Library of Scotland

'Sir Walter Scott' contains the following 8 items:

	Sir Walter Scott > Working autograph of ‘Rob Roy’ by Sir Walter Scott, with some associated papers [239483572] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Date created: 1817
	Sir Walter Scott > Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House [239777188] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Date created: 1796-1832
	Sir Walter Scott > Interleaved copy of the introduction to 'Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, with the author’s manuscript annotations; and some additional, related content [239833407] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Date created: 1823
	Sir Walter Scott > 'Lay of the Last Minstrel' (London: John Sharpe, 1809) by Sir Walter Scott; with notes of William Beckford [239833406] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Date created: 1809
	Sir Walter Scott > Incomplete manuscript of 'Waverley' [235413741] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Probable date created: 1805-1814
	Sir Walter Scott > Original manuscript of ‘Redgauntlet’ by Sir Walter Scott [240383002] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Date created: 1824
	Sir Walter Scott > Original manuscript of ‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott [240383003] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Date created: 1808
	Sir Walter Scott > Original manuscript of 'The heart of Midlothian' by Sir Walter Scott [240432206] Author: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 Date created: 1818

Sir Walter Scott
Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/239285577
Description	A selection of items relating to Sir Walter Scott (1771 to 1832). They include the manuscripts for 'Waverley', ‘Redgauntlet’ and 'Rob Roy', Scott's novels focusing on the Jacobite risings of 1745 and 1715. Also available are the manuscripts for ‘The Heart of Mid-Lothian’ and ‘Marmion’. A volume of 'The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland' has extensive annotations by Scott. A published version of 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ has annotations by the novelist William Beckford. There is a volume of Scott's letters, poems and prose, including a series of letters to the publisher John Murray II.
Additional NLS resources:	Catalogue records for Scott manuscripts Find details of manuscript items we have that relate to Sir Walter Scott in our Archives and Manuscript Collections catalogue. Sir Walter Scott in the John Murray Archive Letters and handwritten drafts of Sir Walter Scott's reviews are part of the John Murray Archive at the Library. Older Scottish literary collections The Walter Scott manuscripts make up one of our most extensive literary collections from the 15th to 19th centuries.