Letters and reminiscences of Thomas Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.519-534
Dates
- Creation: 1818-1879.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
16 Volumes ; Unless otherwise described, the volumes are large quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1929, by Alexander Carlyle, Edinburgh, nephew of Thomas Carlyle (in continuation of MSS.511-518).
Separated Materials
See also MS.551.
Bibliography
The donor, Alexander Carlyle, has indicated in many cases where the letters are printed. Thirty-five in MS.528, beginning at number 37, are marked as not printed in his ‘New letters of Thomas Carlyle’, not having been available at the time. See also Isaac Watson "Dyer, A bibliography of Carlyle's writings and Ana" (Portland, Maine, 1928).
Physical Description
The volumes are bound in Levant morocco. The letters are hinged.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk