Stewart's Edition of Burns' Poems Including a Number of Original Pieces Not Hitherto Published [1802, Glasgow] [3]
Stewart's Edition of Burns' Poems Including a Number of Original
Pieces Not Hitherto Published, by Robert Burns. Glasgow: printed
and sold by Thomas Stewart and A M'Gown, Booksellers, Trongate.
1802.
Binding: black leather on board; tooled decoration; gold
decoration on spine; title, place and date on spine; marbled
end-papers; greenish laid paper with red edges.
Marks: Embossed "Burns Monument Kilmarnock", front page. James
McKie private library number "85".
Illustrations:
Engraving of Burns memorial after W. Wier (R. Scott), facing title
page
Engraving of Burns' bust, after I. Denholm (R. Scott), title
page.
Engraving of "The Holy Fair" after A. Carse (R. Scott), facing p.
1.
Engraving of "The Cotter's Saturday Night" after A. Carse (R.
Scott), facing p. 17.
Engraving of the "Tam O'Shanter", after A. Carse (R. Scott),
facing p. 258
Comment by James McKie: " A reprint - of likely same issue as last
- but this has got the letters of Clarinda. James McKie."
"Presented to Mr James McKie by John Baird | Kilmarnock |
August 6 1866", front page in ink.
Some pencil scribbles through book.
Object no :
EAMK030033
Collection :
Creator :
Robert Burns
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
145x92x30mm
Materials :
NA
Location :
NA
Accession number :
BU_C.0033
Copyright :
East Ayrshire Leisure