The Sampson Low Collection

Sampson Low (1797-1886) was a Victorian bookseller and publisher whose clients included many notable figures of the nineteenth century from Britain, North America and Europe. The Sampson Low Collection comprises two volumes of over 200 letters written by clients and friends, the majority to Sampson Low himself. The letters have been digitised and transcribed and made available online for the first time.

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preview image personAnne Isabella Noel ByronAnne Isabella Noel Byron (née Milbanke) was an English mathematician. She married (and...
preview image personAnne CropperAnne Cropper (née Wakefield) and her husband John were philanthropists and abolitionists. The...
preview image personAnthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl of ShaftesburyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, was a British Tory politician, philanthropist...
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