Sketch Of The History Of Glasgow Classic Reprint

Author : William James Duncan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332025008
Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow written by William James Duncan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow: During the Greater Part of Last Century Several short biographies of Robert and Andrew Foulis have been published, but they seem to have been almost wholly taken from one source, - Lemoine's History of Printing. The late Earl of Buchan, so early as 1795, addressed a letter to Mr John Nicholls, at that time editor of the Gentleman's Magazine, in which he recommends that a more complete memoir of "the Elzevirs of Scotland" should be prepared for one of Pinkerton's biographical works, then publishing. In this letter it is also mentioned that Professors Anderson and Wilson would supply the necessary materials. The Earl seems at length to have taken the task into his own hands, and to have extended his researches to the literary and typographical history of Glasgow generally. In this work, the proposed title of which was "Anecdotes of Printing and Academical Literature at Glasgow," his Lordship was assisted by the late Dr Robert Anderson, but unfortunately it was never completed, - a circumstance the more to be regretted, as a large proportion of the Foulis papers have since perished by fire. The results of their investigations are now in the possession of Miss Anderson, of Edinburgh, by whom they were politely communicated to the editor through the medium of Dr Irving, of the Advocate's Library. About the year 1811 Lord Buchan wrote to Professor Richardson of Glasgow, requesting his reminiscences of the Foulises. The letter written in reply (quoted under the name of "Richardson's Letter") contains much original and interesting information. For access to this document the editor has to acknowledge his obligations to W. R. Gibb, Esquire, into whose possession a copy, with Mr Richardson's interlined corrections, came by descent. The Catalogue of Books has been drawn up principally from the works themselves, and with the assistance of Mr D. Macvean, who turnished a very large mass of materials for it, many of which, and especially the smaller pamphlets, might have been searched for in vain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.