Lot 193
Johnson, James - Robert Burns, contributor
The Scots Musical Museum
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
£813
Description
Edinburgh: James Johnson, [1787-1803]. 6 volumes in 3, 8vo, engraved title-pages, 20th century brown half morocco gilt, final leaf in second volume repaired with no loss to text or music, some darkening and mostly marginal dampstaining throughout [ESTC T122111] (3)
Footnote
Note: The ESTC lists only 6 copies of this octavo variant of the work, and four copies of the quarto version. Johnson's aim was to record many of the songs and tunes of Lowland Scotland, many being contributed by Robert Burns who was an admirer of Johnson himself, writing that he held: ‘sentiments [which] are so congenial to my own’.