Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [1788, Philadelphia]
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns.
Philadelphia: Peter Stewart and George Hyde, 1788
Binding: brown leather on boards; elaborate tooled gold design
on spine and both covers; marbled end-papers; title, date &
place in gold on the spine; gold-edged laid paper.
Marks: Embossed "Burns Monument Kilmarnock", on the title page.
McKie private library number "12" on the spine.
Comment by James McKie: "This - tho first American edition - a
reprint of the Kilmarnock… in a very battered condition from… &
Co. London & paid three sovereigns for it!!! JM'Kie"
The books contains a bookmark made from blue
ribbon.
Object no :
EAMK030006
Collection :
Creator :
Robert Burns
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
160x104x22mm[12mo]
Materials :
NA
Location :
NA
Accession number :
BU_C.0006.0000
Copyright :
NA
