Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Fine Binding Edition)
Publication: 1787
This is a first edition of Robert Burns’ 1787 book Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect finely bound by George Bayntun Bindery in England. The binding is full crushed dark blue levant leather with raised bands, gilt tooled panels enclosing thistle design in red and green. The front cover has an inlaid oval hand-painted miniature on ivory of Robert and Mary Burns, surrounded with eighty-nine pearls and two semi-precious stones, all enclosed by the thistle design tooled in gilt.
Title
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Fine Binding Edition)
Poems Chiefly Scottish
Date
Publication: 1787
Description
This is a first edition of Robert Burns’ 1787 book Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect finely bound by George Bayntun Bindery in England. The binding is full crushed dark blue levant leather with raised bands, gilt tooled panels enclosing thistle design in red and green. The front cover has an inlaid oval hand-painted miniature on ivory of Robert and Mary Burns, surrounded with eighty-nine pearls and two semi-precious stones, all enclosed by the thistle design tooled in gilt.
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Books
Fine press books
Source
Nettie Hale Rand Collection of Fine Bindings and Printing, PR4300 1787 .E3
Citation
“Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Fine Binding Edition),” Gallery, accessed July 7, 2022, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/941.