LOCKHART (John Gibson, 1794-1854, Biographer and Critic, Editor of the Quarterly Review 1825-1853)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir', explaining that he has "an engagement on my book which must prevent me having the pleasure of waiting on you on Monday", no place, no date, 1 side small 8vo., no place, no date, c.

With Professor John Wilson, Lockhart was the mainstay of Blackwood's Magazine. He first met Sir Walter Scott in 1818, married Sir Walter's daughter Sophia in 1820, and wrote the classic life of his father-in-law, 1837-1838.

Item Date:  1830

Stock No:  16353      £45

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