Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [1803, London]
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns. London:
A. Cleugh, No. 14 Ratcliff High-Way. 1803. "A New edition, which
includes all the Poems and Songs in that printed at Edinburgh in
1787, Under the Author's inspection."
Binding: Brown leather on board; title and date in gold on the
spine; contrast coloured leather and gold decoration on the spine;
cream wove end-paper; cream laid paper.
Marks: Embossed "Burns Monument Kilmarnock", on the title
page. James McKie private library number "100"
Comment by James McKie: "A duplicate of … all but the important.
James McKie"
Other annotations:
Lists of numbers in pencil on inside cover
"3/6", inside cover.
"Charles A. Fox", ink, title page
"A Scotch Poet" and Burns' dates, ink, title page
"…Doon | 'Whistle & I'll come to you, my lad'|'…wee thing'
|'My nannie's own' | 'I dreamed I lay' | 'For the sake of
Somebody'| John Anderson, my jo' | 'Scots wha ha'e'| 'Auld lang
syne' | 'A man's a man for..' | 'Highland Mary'"
Object no :
EAMK030043
Collection :
Creator :
Robert Burns
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
161x100x18mm
Materials :
NA
Location :
NA
Accession number :
BU_C.0043
Copyright :
East Ayrshire Leisure