Ideas that shaped the world: An Introduction to the John Murray Archive

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The London publishing house founded in 1768 by Edinburgh-born John Murray was to become arguably Britain's most influential publisher. Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Jane Austin, Charles Darwin are just a few of the iconic figures whose work was published under the Murray imprint.

This selective introduction to the John Murray Archive 1768-1920 now owned by the National Library of Scotland offers an insight into the political, social and intellectual life of the period via the correspondence between authors and publisher.

Richly illustrated and drawing on unique source material from the Archive, with chapters written by the curatorial and cataloguing team at the Library.

ISBN: 9781872116303

Published: 2007

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