Lot 142

Burns, Robert





Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
£450
Description
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787. Second edition, first issue with "Boxburgh" for "Roxburgh" in list of subscribers, and correct reading "skinking" on page 263, 8vo, engraved portrait after A. Naysmyth, list of subscribers, late 19th or early 20th century mottled calf gilt by Morrell of London, neat small glossarial notes at the foot of many pages




