Lot 176
[Burns, Robert], Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Dublin: Printed for William Gilbert, Great George's-Street. M,DCC,XC. [E18] [M1790]. The Belfast Edition [E17] with a Dublin publisher's name. Frontispiece portrait engraved by P. Halpin. Contents: Pp. xii + 274: [i], Title page; [ii], blank; [iii] - vi, Dedication to the Caledonian Hunt; vii-x, Extract from The Lounger, No. 97; [xi-xii] - Table of Contents; [1] - 274 Text and Glossary; 1 blank leaf. The Table of Contents and the Text copied from Irish pirated editions which were copied from the "stinking issue" of the First Edinburgh Edition [E2]. Glossary enlarged. Bookplate of Lord Dufferin of Claneboye, and his signature on flyleaf. Signature, "A.D. Foster. 1792" on title page. Format: 6¾ x 4¼ in. (17.3 x 9.8 cm). Trimmed and bound in contemporary calf.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000,
From the Collection of Henrik Minc,
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