Until now it was hidden from all but a few scholars and saved from being sold off at auction.
The manuscript will be on display at the free Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition in Edinburgh from March
But from March it will be on display at the Treasures of the National Library of Scotland exhibition in Edinburgh.Tower light show starts Sir Walter Scott celebrations The items were set to be sold off at auction by Sotheby's, but after fears were raised that they would be returned to private hands or even lost to a foreign buyer, works by authors including Sir Walter, Robert Burns and Jane Austen were saved after a UK-wide collective of organisations stepped in.Sir Walter Scott is often considered the founding father of historical fiction
"Rob Roy was sold, but was eventually bought back by Scott's son-in-law John Gibson Lockhart, and returned to the Scott family in the mid-19th Century."
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