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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3061

Historical Documents
Sir Walter Scott
1841 (31 March) parcel front (170x125mm) addressed by Sir Walter Scott, addressed to Robert Cadell Esq., Bookseller, Saint Andrews Square, Edinburgh. Large manuscript "10d" in ink and endorsed by the recipient, "Edinburgh 31 March 1841. I hereby Certify that the address to me on this piece of Cartridge Paper is the hand-writing of Sir Walter Scott.". Photo

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist and poet.

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was a bookseller and publisher closely associated with Sir Walter Scott. Cadell took care of Scott in the writer's last years, profiting handsomely from arrangements made with Scott's family after his death such that they were absolved from debt in return for Cadell's exclusive right to republish Scott's novels and biographical material.

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