Eighty-seven plates have been inserted in this copy, many proofs, and some of Stothard's illustrations retouched for the engraver. At the end is bound a facsimile of the original manuscript of the "Jolly Beggars," Glasgow, 1823.
BURNS, Robert.—Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns. Edinburgh: printed for the author, and sold by William Creech. M,DCC,LXXXVII. 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery.
First issue of the first Edinburgh edition, with the misprints "ſtinking" and "haggis" in the last stanza on page 263.
Portrait by Beugo after A. Nasmyth, and an original water-colour drawing by Uwins, representing the witches in the church in "Tam O' Shanter."
BURNS, Robert.—Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns. Edinburgh: printed for the author, and sold by William Creech. M,DCC,LXXXVII. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Zaehnsdorf.
Second issue of the first Edinburgh edition, with the errors on page 263 corrected to "ſkinking" and "Haggis."
Portrait by Beugo after A. Nasmyth.
BURNS, Robert.—Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns. The third edition. London: printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell in the Strand; and W. Creech, Edinburgh. M DCC LXXXVII. 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Rivière.
First London edition, copied from the first issue of the first Edinburgh edition, with the misprints in the last stanza of the poem "To a Haggis," on page 267.
Portrait by Beugo after A. Nasmyth.