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MS 30 - James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, poet, essayist and moral philosopher: papers
2 - Correspondence to James Beattie
Collection
GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref No
MS 30/2/39
Title
Robert Foulis to James Beattie from Glasgow
Date
13 June 1769
Extent
1 item
Administrative History
Robert Foulis [1707-1776]. Printer and bookseller in Glasgow with his brother Andrew. Took Beattie's instructions on the quarto edition of Gray's poem (1768), and Beattie's advice on the folio edition of Paradise Lost (1770)
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Nearly enough subscribers for folio edition of Paradise Lost. Thanks Beattie and Marischal College for subscription. Agrees that Newton's edition of Milton should be followed. Asks Beattie's advice about abbreviations and elisions.
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