The Abbotsford Club was a
text publication society founded in
Edinburgh in 1833
or 1834. This was the year after the death of Sir
Walter Scott, whose residence of
Abbotsford House gave the society its name, and whose literature the club's publications sought to illuminate. The club was modelled on the
Roxburghe Club, of which Scott himself had been a member, as well as the
Bannatyne Club, which was founded by Scott, and the
Glasgow-centred
Maitland Club. The founder and first secretary of the club was
William Barclay Turnbull
William Barclay David Donald Turnbull (1811–63) was a Scottish antiquary, born at Edinburgh. He studied law, and was admitted as an advocate at the Scottish bar 1832, but devoted much time to the study of the antiquities and older literatur ...
, a young Edinburgh lawyer. The stated objective of the Abbotsford Club was "the printing of Miscellaneous Pieces, illustrative of History, Literature, and Antiquities".
[ Through its publishing activity, the club did much to promote the proliferation of Middle English literature. The Abbotsford Club effectively ceased publication in 1866.
The club was housed at 25 Great King Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.
The complete publications of the Abbotsford Club are available online from the ]National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland (NLS) ( gd, Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sco, Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. As one of the largest libraries in the ...
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1833 establishments in Scotland
Publishing companies of Scotland
Text publication societies
Publishing companies established in 1833
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