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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/100
Alt Ref NoMS 30 c.100
TitleWilliam Creech to James Beattie from Edinburgh
Date27 January 1773
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryWilliam Creech [1745-1815] Bookseller in Edinburgh. He attended Edinburgh University, and originally intended to enter medicine, but was apprenticed to bookseller Alexander Kincaid in 1764, becoming Kincaid partner when the latter's partnership with John Bell dissolved in 1771 - just after the firm had published the first edition of the first book of the Minstrel. His shop became a well-known meeting place, and he published the work of many of the Scottish literati. Beattie had a long and generally happy relationship with him from 1771, both personally and in business matters
DescriptionStill no answer from Dilly. Sales of third edition of Minstrel have been small, but publication of second part will probably carry off the remainder. He has just received the fourth edition of the Essay. He will follow Beattie's instructions about advertisement. Warburton and other renowned literati in England praised the book. He has been urged by some gentlemen here to set on foot a periodical paper and has been informed Beattie could give assistance [presumably Edinburgh Magazine and Review]
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