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'Lay of the Last Minstrel' (London: John Sharpe, 1809) by Sir Walter Scott; with notes of William Beckford

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'Lay of the Last Minstrel' (London: John Sharpe, 1809) by Sir Walter Scott; with notes of William Beckford
DescriptionSir Walter Scott’s The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) is a narrative poem set in the Scottish Borders of the mid-16th century. The English writer William Beckford owned this edition of the poem (1809) to which he made several annotations. Donated from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the National Libraries.
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Manuscripts
Written and printed matter > Poetry
Written and printed matter > Notes (documents)
Dates / events: 1809 [Date created]
Subject / content: Poems
Narrative poems
Scottish
Person / organisation: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist), 1771-1832 [Author]
Beckford, William (novelist), 1760-1844 [Annotator]

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Sir Walter Scott
DescriptionA 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.
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