Lot 294

Edinburgh Council, c. 1750. - [Robert Mein]

7 Manuscript Poems

£1,500

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT

Description

An Essay toward Ways and Means to keep in Memory Edina's Council, chosen Seventeen half Century, with a doing one May success still attend their Ministry. 6pp, 8vo, dated March 1752 and inscribed at end "Mon Ferbie Inv, Robert Mein Sert.", sewn; [Mein, Robert] Some Seasonable Overturs [sic] for the Good Touns Intrest Humbly offerd to the Consideration of all Concernd. May 1737. 10pp., 4to, [overturs for advancing the Lawfull Trade of the Free Men Burgesses of Edinburgh & increasing the Revenue thereof]; [Mein, Robert] A Satyr upon Lahren MacDrew the Church and Cities ungratefull foe and Officious Calumniator. Manuscript acrostic poem, undated, 2pp. folio, slightly frayed at bottom with loss of a couple of letters; [Mein, Robert] An Acrostic Satyr upon Lahrne Macdrew. Calumniator of the City of Edinburgh's Magestrats. "Neon Ferbie scripsit" at foot of manuscript title, 4pp., 12mo, lightly soiled; [Mein, Robert] Manuscript poem, ?incomplete, on Lahren Macdrew, 2pp., folio, torn in half, and loss of a few letters; [Mein, Robert] The Councils Honble. Propicious Names, dated 1762, 1pp., folio, poem, referring to many councillors; Mein, Robert A Homenal Encomeal Essay and Memorial of the Magestrats names in Edinburgh ffor the year 1762/3, humbly inscrib'd to their Honours by their Honours most obedient & humbel servt. Robert Mein. Edinburgh, 1 January 1763, 4to, 6pp., lightly soiled (7)

Footnote

Note: The poem lists by name the Lord Provost, Bailies, old Bailies, members of the Merchant Council and Deacons of the Sundry Incorporations, and proceeds to praise them in verse. Robert Mein, author of ‘City Cleaned and Country Improven’ (1760); see printed works by Mein in this catalogue.