Lot 161

[James Hogg] - Commonplace book of Leonora Dirom of Mount Annan, Dumffrieshire

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT

£325

Description

with manuscript verses [including The Green Pears of the Yair], riddles, quotations from Byron, Walter Scott , Joanna Baiille, Sir John Malcolm, Cowper, & others, verse "Inscription for a Grotto finished in the garden At Mount Annan 18th June 1821", verses inscribed to Sir Walter Scott "Oh, thou whose magic breathing strain..." , satirical verse relating to the erection of the Melville monument in Edinburgh, anecdotes, engravings and printed extracts, pencil drawing of Bridekirk [Cumbria], pencil drawing initialled A.C.B., 1816; album; note signed by Miss ?Buffen dated 1808, compiled by Leonara Dirom, Mount Annan, c. 1801-1821

Footnote

Note: In this scrapbook were, formerly, two autograph poems by James Hogg: Robin's Awa, and The Skylark [sold in our rooms, 10 June 2009, lot 246 and 247]. The poet James Hogg worked occasionally for General Dirom of Mount Annan, Dumfriesshire, in the Scottish borders at this period. Hogg wrote a poem The Harp on the Hill on the death of two of Lieut. General Alexander Dirom's daughters, and Hogg's practical work, The Shepherd's Guide (1807) was dedicated to General Dirom. Colour photocopies of the two poems have been loosely inserted where they were originally placed.