SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832)

SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. A.L.S., Walter Scott, one page, 4yo, Abbotsford, Melrose, n.d. ( ´Sunday morning´; annotated in pencil in another hand as 15th April 1825), to a gentleman. Scott states that he has just heard from Mr. Scott, who has expressed ´a wish for a meeting here at one o´clock Tuesday´, continuing to remark ´I hope to get several of the gentlemen together and trust you will remain through the day with me and take a bed here´. Some extensive, neat splits at the folds (reinforced with small pieces of old tape to the verso). About G