Lot 59
Burns, Robert
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Letters addressed to Clarinda. Never before published. Glasgow: Printed by Niven, Napier and Khull for T. Stewart and A Macgoun, 1802. First edition, small 8vo, green morocco gilt by Riviere, g.e.
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire
Note: Publisehd without the permission of Mrs M'Lehose (Clarinda). Two friends had approached her on behalf of Mr Finlay who was at that time engaged on a Life of Burns to make a few extracts from the letters for his projected work; unfortunately Finlay allowed Stewart the Glasgow bookseller to publish the whole letters but an interdict was granted to Cadell & Davies, the London publishers, and this edition was suppressed.