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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 30/2/30
Title
Robert Foulis to James Beattie from Glasgow
Date
25 March 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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Pleased with Gray's poems and thanks Beattie for obtaining permission to publish. Sales in Glasgow allow a present for Gray - Folio Homer, or Greek historians in 29 volumes. Now considering edition of Milton.
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