Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [1793, Belfast]
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns,
in two volumes bound as one book. Belfast: William Magee,
Bridge Street, 1793.
Binding: Brown leather on board; tooled decoration on covers and
spine; title, date & place in gold on spine; marbled
end-papers; laid greenish paper with red edges.
Marks: Embossed "Burns Monument Kilmarnock", on the title page.
McKie private library number "29".
Illustration: Engraving of Burns after Nasmyth (reversed) facing
the title page.
McKie Annotation: "The 'Silver Gun' page 25 … 'Hallow'een' are
by John M…also 'Epistle to Walter…' The first vol is a 12c- print
of the Belfast 1790 Ed - The second vol having a table of contents
looks as if it had been an afterthought and made a … James
M'Kie"
Inscriptions:
"William Melven", after the title page.
"John ….", after the title page.
"Alexander Hunter and Scotland", facing the title page of volume
2.
Object no :
NA
Collection :
Creator :
Robert Burns
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NA
Dimensions :
164x108x32mm [12mo]
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NA
Location :
NA
Accession number :
BU_C.0010.0000
Copyright :
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