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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/39
TitleRobert Foulis to James Beattie from Glasgow
Date13 June 1769
Extent1 item
Administrative HistoryRobert 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)
DescriptionNearly 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.
Access StatusOpen
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