The Hunterian Club

The Hunterian Club was a Scottish literary and text publication society, founded in Glasgow in 1871.[1]

Hunterian Club
Formation1871
Founded atGlasgow
Dissolved1902?
PurposePublication of rare books
Region
Scotland

The club was founded for "the reproduction of the works of Scottish writers of Elizabethan times"[2] and described itself as a "reprinting club", modelled on the Maitland Club.[3] It was named in honour of William Hunter's gift of his large collection of papers and books to the University of Glasgow[4] upon his death in 1783,[5] as well as the funding to set up the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.

The club used subscription fees to reprint old or out of print texts which they considered to be of importance to Scottish history and culture.[1] Their final report was published in 1902.[1] The club published the Bannatyne Manuscript in 1873.[2]

References
  1. "Hunterian Club – Glasgow's Literary Bonds". Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  2. Sandford Terry, Charles (1909). A Catalogue of the Publications of Scottish Historical and Kindred Clubs and Societies, and of the volumes relative to Scottish history, issued by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1780–1908, with a subject index. Glasgow: J. MacLehose. p. 92.
  3. "(11) Page iii – Hunterian Club > Concluding part of the Hunterian Club issues – Publications by Scottish clubs". digital.nls.uk. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  4. "(12) Page iv – Hunterian Club > Concluding part of the Hunterian Club issues – Publications by Scottish clubs". digital.nls.uk. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  5. Buchanan, W. W. (2003-10-01). "William Hunter (1718–1783)". Rheumatology. 42 (10): 1260–1261. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg003. ISSN 1462-0324.


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