Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
Robert Burns. Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh: Printed by the Author and Sold by William Creech, 1787. Second edition.
Octavo. xlvii, 368pp. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary full leather, gilt-stamped titles to spine, five raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves.
Includes dedication, list of subscribers, contents, poems, addenda, epitaphs, and glossary.
Boards lightly rubbed and edgeworn; backstrip chipped and peeling; joints cracked; front board starting; minor scattered foxing, light toning throughout; occasional early ink notations throughout; bookplate of William Menzies to front pastedown. Very good. Item #1799
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