Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [1789, Dublin]

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns. Dublin: William Gilbert, Great George's Street, 1789   Binding: Brown leather on board; tooled design on covers and spine; marbled end-papers; laid, light-green paper with red edges.   Marks: Embossed "Burns Monument Kilmarnock", on the title page. McKie private library number "17" on the spine.   Illustration: Engraving of Burns, after Nasmyth (reversed) facing the title page.   McKie Annotation: "First Irish Edition - a reprint of the Kilmarnock one. James M'Kie."   Inscription: "William…11th 1821", on a front page Inscription: "William M….", on the title page.