Lot 174
[Burns, Robert], Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. In two Volumes. A new edition, considerably enlarged. Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell, London, and William Creech, Edinburgh. M DCC XCIV. [E29] [M52101].
Contents. Volume I: Pp. xii + 238: [i], Half-title; [ii], Registration; [iii], Title page; [iv], blank; [v] - viii, Dedication to the Caledonian Hunt; [ix] - xi, Table of Contents; [xii], blank; [1] - 237, Text; [238], blank; 1 blank leaf. Volume II: Pp. iv = 284; [i] Half-title; [ii] blank; [iii], Title page; [iv], Registration; [1] - 238, Text and Glossary; [284] blank. A reprint, but with additional errors, of [E23] [E]. The last Edinburgh Edition printed in the poet's lifetime. Volume I has frontispiece portrait engraved by John Beugo. Each volume has a bookplate of William Roger Snow and of Sir John William Lubbock, Bart. Volume II has tear in margin of pages 221/222. 7¾ x 5 in. (19.1 x 11.4 cm), trimmed. Contemporary full calf.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200,
From the Collection of Henrik Minc,
|
| |
| Realized $1,080 |
