Letter-books of Kincaid & Bell (from 1771 Kincaid & Creech), publishers, Edinburgh
Letter-books of Kincaid and Bell (from 1771 Kincaid and Creech), publishers, Edinburgh, Sept. 1764-Aug. 1769, Sept. 1769-Jan. 1773.
Dates
- Creation: 1761-1785
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. lett. c. 20, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 20-21
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17020
Abstract
Letter-books of Kincaid & Bell (from 1771 Kincaid & Creech), publishers, Edinburgh
Biographical / Historical
Alexander Kincaid (1710–1777), bookseller and printer, was born in Falkirk on 17 March 1710. Kincaid and John Bell formed a partnership in May 1758 and worked together as the publishing house Kincaid and Bell until their dissolution in May 1771. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40765-6.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from John Grant of Edinburgh, 1932.
Subject
- Kincaid & Bell, publishers (Organisation)
- Kincaid | Alexander | 1710-1777 | Bookseller and Printer (Person)
- Title
- Letter-books of Kincaid & Bell (from 1771 Kincaid & Creech), publishers, Edinburgh
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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