Abbotsford Club
The Abbotsford Club was a
Abbotsford House gave the society its name, and whose literature the club's publications sought to illuminate. The club was modelled on the Roxburghe Club, of which Scott himself had been a member, as well as the Bannatyne Club, which was founded by Scott, and the Glasgow-centred Maitland Club. The founder and first secretary of the club was William Barclay Turnbull, a young Edinburgh lawyer. The stated objective of the Abbotsford Club was "the printing of Miscellaneous Pieces, illustrative of History, Literature, and Antiquities".[1] Through its publishing activity, the club did much to promote the proliferation of Middle English literature. The Abbotsford Club effectively ceased publication in 1866.[4]
The club was housed at 25 Great King Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[5]
The complete publications of the Abbotsford Club are available online from the National Library of Scotland.[6]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8166-3185-9.
- ISBN 9780198662440.
- ISBN 0-546-67017-2.
- ^ "Abbotsford Club publications (listing)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1845.
- ^ "Abbotsford Club, Publications by Scottish clubs". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
External links
- "Abbotsford Club publications (listing)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I (9th ed.). 1878. p. 26.
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