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 personCarl Friedrich Adolph SteinkopffCarl Friedrich Adolf Steinkopff was a German Protestant clergyman who founded the oldest German...
preview image personCaroline CliveCaroline Clive (née Meysey-Wigley) was an English writer who produced a number of poetry...
preview image personCaroline Elizabeth Sarah NortonCaroline Norton was an English author, poet and social reformer. Her acrimonious separation from...
preview image personCatharine BeecherCatharine Beecher was an American educator. She was the elder sister of novelist Harriet Beecher...
preview image personCatherine GoreCatherine Gore was a popular English novelist and playwright. Her most well known novel was 'Cecil...
preview image personCharles H. BennettCharles H. Bennett was an illustrator and cartoonist. He illustrated many children's books and...
preview image personShirley BrooksShirley Brooks was a journalist and editor who also wrote a handful of novels and plays. He...
preview image personCharles Allston CollinsCharles Allston Collins, the brother of author Wilkie Collins, was a British artist and...
preview image personCharles DickensCharles Dickens is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His books have...
preview image personCharles EllicottCharles Ellicott was ordained into the Anglican ministry in 1848. He worked as a vicar and then...
preview image personCharles KingsleyThe Reverend Charles Kingsley was a Church of England minister, novelist and poet probably most...
preview image personCharles KnightCharles Knight was an English publisher, editor and author. He helped to establish several literary...
preview image personCharles LyellCharles Lyell was a Scottish geologist who developed theories around the formation and natural...
preview image personCharles NapierAdmiral Sir Charles Napier was a British Naval Officer. He served during several conflicts...
preview image personCharles Beaumont PhippsCharles Beaumont Phipps was a British soldier and courtier. He was appointed an Equerry to Queen...
preview image personCharles ReadeCharles Reade was an English novelist and playwright. His most famous book was 'The Cloister and...
preview image personCharles Benjamin TaylerCharles Benjamin Tayler was an English clergyman who wrote many religious instruction books for...
preview image personChristopher Newman HallChristopher Newman Hall was an English non-conformist clergyman known as the 'Dissenter's Bishop'....
preview image personCyrus West FieldCyrus West Field was an American businessman and financier. He began his career in paper...
preview image imageDepositing the Sampson Low CollectionThe Sampson Low collection of letters was deposited in The Open University's Book History Archive...