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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/2/51
Alt Ref NoMS 30 c.51
TitleEdward Dilly to James Beattie from London
Date4 March 1771
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryEdward Dilly [1732-1779]. He and his brother Charles were booksellers in The Poultry, London. The brothers were the London publishers of the Essay on Truth and The Minstrel

Alexander Kincaid [1734-1777] Edinburgh printer and bookseller, partner of John Bell 1768-71
DescriptionHe received 30 copies of Minstrel and published it a few days ago after entering at Stationers' Hall. It has been reviewed in Critical and Monthly reviews and London Magazine. Quotes extract. Sales should have been greater if author known. So far seventy copies sold. He has not heard from Kincaid about finishing second edition of Essay on Truth
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