POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT, BY ROBERT BURNS. THE Simple Bard, unbroke by rules of Art, He pours the wild effufions of the heart; And if infpir'd, 'tis Nature's pow'rs inspire; Her's all the melting thrill, and her's the kindling fire. ANONYMOUS. ་་་་་་་་་་་ཝཱ KILMARNOCK: PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON, M,DCC,LXXXVI. THE FAMOUS FIRST EDITION [NUMBER 55] 55 BURNS (ROBERT). Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns. Kilmarnock: Printed by John Wilson. M,DCC,LXXXVI 8vo, boards, calf back. Measuring 8 by 5 inches. A former owner has made some notations on the Contents pages. FIRST EDITION. A fine copy, and a very clean one, except that two pages are slightly soiled, and tiny pieces torn from the top margin of two leaves. [SEE ILLUSTRATION, PAGE 21] 56 BURNS (ROBERT). Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Frontispiece portrait by Beugo after Nasmyth. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and sold by 8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges. It was through this volume that Burns was retained to Scotland. He was on the point of embarking for Jamaica, when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend induced the poet to visit Edinburgh. This edition, from the profits of which he received nearly £500, was the result of his visit to the Scottish capital. With the H. W. Poor bookplate. A very fine copy. 57 BURNS (ROBERT). Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns. Frontispiece portrait by Beugo after Nasmyth. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and sold by William Creech. M,DCC,Lxxxvii 8vo, black straight-grain morocco, gilt tooled, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges, by Stikeman. THIRD EDITION (Second Edinburgh Edition). We believe this to be the Second Edinburgh Edition, with the misprint "stinking" corrected to "skinking". In all copies of the First and Second Edinburgh Editions which we have examined, the word "Roxburgh" in the list of Subscribers has been misspelled "Boxburgh", and the additional leaf of Subscribers' names has not been run in. This edition has the following spellings: 58 BURNS (ROBERT). Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. By Robert Burns. In Two Volumes. A New Edition, Considerably Enlarged. Frontispiece portrait of Burns, by Beugo, after Alexander Nasmyth. Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, London; and William Creech, Edinburgh. MDCCXCVIII 2 vols., half green morocco, gilt tops. Entirely uncut. The FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of Burns' Poems. 59 [BURTON (ROBERT).] The Anatomy of Melancholy, At Oxford, Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, 8vo, blue levant morocco, with intertwined mosaic of orange-brown and olive, floral and festoon gilt tooling, gilt inside borders and edges, blue crushed levant doublures, marbled end-papers, by the Club Bindery; Leonard Maillard Finisher. In a marbled board protective cover and slip-case. FIRST EDITION. With the rare leaf of Errata. A splendid LARGE copy, with the Hoe bookplate and his initials in gold on the front doublure. [SEE ILLUSTRATION, PAGE 24] THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, VVHAT IT IS. VVITH ALL THE KINDES, CAVSES, SYMPTOMES, PROG. ·NOSTÍCKES, AND SEVE RALL CVRES OF IT. IN THREE MAINE PARTITIONS TIONS. THILOSOPHICALLY, MEDICI BY DEMOCRITVS Iunior. With a Satyricall PREFACE, conducing to MACROB. Omne meum, Nihil meum, AT OXFORD, Printed by IoHN LICHFIELD and IAMES A SPLENDID LARGE COPY 60 [BUTLER (SAMUEL).]. Hudibras. The First Part. Written in the time of the late Wars. Device. London, Printed by J. G. for Richard Marriot, under 8vo, original calf, some leaves uncut. License by Jo: Berkenhead on verso of A, and 4 lines of Errata on bottom of p. 268. At the end is written in pencil, "Perfect B. Quaritch F. S. Ferguson 16. xi. 1904". FIRST AUTHORIZED EDITION of Part I. There are five editions of this authorized Part I, two in 8vo and three in 12mo; there are also at least three unauthorized editions. Church 211. Hudibras. The Second Part. By the Authour of the First. Device. London, Printed by T. R. for John Martyn, and James Allestry at the Bell in St. Pauls Church Yard. 1664 8vo, original calf. License by L'Estrange (A), and 3 lines of Errata on p. 216. FIRST EDITION of Part II. There were no spurious editions of the Second Part, but there was a spurious poem published in the latter part of 1663 called the "Second Part" which is not by Butler. Church 216. Hudibras. The Third and last Part. Written by the Author of the First and Second Parts. London, Printed for Simon Miller, at the Sign of the 8vo, original calf. With the leaf of Errata at end. FIRST EDITION of Part III. There is another edition of this year which has a License on the verso of title, and the Errata corrected. Church 219. Together 3 vols., in dark green levant morocco solander cases. The Van Antwerp-Canfield copy, and ONE OF THE FINEST COPIES OF HUDIBRAS IN EXISTENCE. All three volumes are in the original calf binding, not quite uniform, but nevertheless as issued. During the time between the issue of the First and Third Parts the style of binding in vogue underwent a change. 61 CAREW (THOMAS). Poems, By Thomas Carevv Esquire. One of the Gentlemen of the Privie-Chamber, and Sewer in Ordinary to His Majesty. London, Printed by I. D. for Thomas Walkley, and are to be sold at the signe of the flying Horse, between Brittains Burse, and York-House. 1640 Cœlum Brittanicum. A Masque at White-Hall in the Banquetting house, on Shrove-Tuesday-night, the 18. of February, 1633. The Inventors. Theo. Carew. Inigo Iones. London, Printed by I. D. for Thomas Walkley, 1640 In one vol., small 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt and blind tooled, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. FIRST EDITION. At the end is the notice: "The Songs and Dialogues of this Booke were set with apt tunes to them, by Henry Lawes, one of His Majesties Musitians." Following the title-page is a leaf of "Errates", with the Imprimatur dated Aprill 29, 1640 on the verso. |