The Works of Robert Burns [1801, Edinburgh]
The Works of Robert Burns with an Account of his Life and a
Criticism on his Writings to which are Prefixed, Some Obsesrvations
of the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, edited by
James Currie, in 4 volumes. London: printed by R. Noble, the Old
Bailey, for T Cadell jun. and W Davies, Strand; W. Creech,
Edinburgh. 1801. Second Edition.
Binding: brown leather and marbled paper on board; tooled
decoration on the leather; title, vol., place and date in gold on
the spine; cream laid end-papers; beige wove paper with marbled
edges.
Marks: Embossed "Burns Monument Kilmarnock", on all title pages.
James McKie private library numbers "56", "57", "58" &
"59".
Illustrations: Engraving of Burns after Nasmyth with decorative
border (J. Neagle) facing the title page of volume 1; vignettes on
all title pages.
Comment by James McKie: "The first Ed. Of Currie extended to
2000 copies and another Ed. - this one - of 2000 copies also
was called for in… months. James M'Kie. In this - second Ed. - the
list of subscribers' names are omitted and the… corrected -
additional letter from Gilbert Burns is given in the appendix vol.
four. JM'Kie"
Object no :
EAMK030019
Collection :
Creator :
Robert Burns
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NA
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NA
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Accession number :
BU_C.0019.0001, 0002, 0003 & 0004
Copyright :
East Ayrshire Leisure