Lot 298
Scottish poetry - Cant, James
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
The muses threnodie. Perth: for the editor, 1774. 2 volumes, 8vo in fours, contemporary diced calf, rubbed; Harvey, John The life of Robert the Bruce King of Scots. Edinburgh: J. Catanach, 1729. 4to., list of subscribers, nineteenth century green morocco gilt, g.e.; James I, King The works. Perth: R. Morison & Son, 1786. Small 8vo., engraved frontispiece and portrait, contemporary red morocco gilt, gauffered edges; James I, King Poetical remains of James the first. Edinburgh: J. and E. Balfour, 1783. 8vo., later half calf with marbled boards; The Caledonian Songster. Songs selected chiefly from Burns, Macneill and Ramsay. Hawick: W. & J. Deas, 1805. 12mo., contemporary green morocco, decorative gilt Dutch endpapers; Wilson, Alexander Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. London: Longman &c., 1816. First edition, 12mo., contemporary boards, uncut, worn; Chalmers, George The poetic remains of some of the Scotish kings. London: J. Murray, 1824. 8vo., engraved frontispiece, folding facsimile chart, salmon morocco gilt, g.e.; Cunningham, Allan Sir Marmaduke Maxwell. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1822. Second edition, 8vo., original boards uncut, rebacked with cloth; Paterson, William, publisher A book of Scottish pasquils 1568-1715. Edinburgh: W. Paterson, 1868. 8vo., woodcut on title and in text, red morocco gilt by Andrew Grieve, t.e.g.; Johnson, James The Scots musical museum. Edinburgh, 1771. Volume 1 only, 8vo., engraved throughout, contemporary calf, split to lower joint; [Laing, W. & D., publishers] Various pieces of fugitive Scotish poetry. Edinburgh: W. & D. Laing, 1825-53. 2 volumes, 8vo., pictorial titles, green half morocco, t.e.g. Shain, James C. Scottish melodies, odes &c., Perth: for the author, 1830. Second edition, 12mo., contemporary green calf gilt, g.e.; Burns, Robert Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. London: J. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1927. 8vo., facsimile edition, slipcase; M'Lehose, W.C. The correspondence between Burns and Clarinda. Edinburgh: W. Tait, 1843. 8vo., engraved title and frontispiece, half calf (16)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire