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THE SCOTTISH POETS MORISON'S EDITION 5 vols of 6 1786-1790
ref. 011904Perth Scotland: T. Davies. Apparently 1st eds. thus . Hardcover. all VG to Fine. 9.5 cm x 15.5. Vol.1: marbled end-paper 2 blank front fly leavestwo engr.plates on openinghalf-titlet.p. 1786 Morison's Dedication page to David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan etccaption to Portrait of King James I on recto p. of previously noted openingiv121eng.portrait of James II of ScotlandGawin Douglas t.p. 1788156 with Glossary pp.139-150 and a Satire by 'Author Unknown; front pastedown has heraldic plate of John Lunsdaine Esq. of Lathallan Motto: Unaware in Time' this is in all volumes otherwise internally clean tight and unmarked.Bound in gilt decorated paneled tree calf leather covers clean with slight bumping to extremities small chip top spine most of gilt-on red spine label missing gilt missing on Vol.number panel front has twisted thread borderline as all other volumes; Vol. 2 spine number f/piece engravinghalf-title Morison's Scottish Poets Third Editiont.p. 'Select Poems of Will.Dunbar Part First' 1788lviii Life of Gavin Douglasnotes100 Dunbar's poems with no additional t.p.and no indication of a 'Part Second't.p. of Allans Ramsay's 'The Gentle Shepherd a Scots Pastoral Comedy' 1788 96 engr.plates ex-pagination; internally clean tight and unmarked covers very minimally rubbed spine label missing and gilt loss to Vol.number; Vol.3. 2 blank fly leavesf/piece Fergusson portraithalf title no volume numberFergusson t.p. 'Poems on Various Subjects. In Two Part' 1788viii Memoir and 'Contents124opening with facing engravings divided by tissue guard each headed 'Fergusson's Poems' and dated 1789Morison's half-title Part Two t.p. 1789; internaly clean tight and unmarked in excellent covers very slight corner bumping spine title label and black Volume label present otherwise clean and unrubbed; Vols.4: 2 blank fly leaves no half-title engr.frontispience of Sir William Wallaceapaprent brown waterstain acroos bottom corner recto not affecting image t.p. with tanned off-setting from f/piece : 'The Metrical History of Sir William Wallace Knight of Ellerslie by HENRY commonly called BLIND HARRY 1790 second less extensive t.p.ContentsDedication page bottom outer corner has slight losspp.2-3 Bibliographic note and errata4-23 account of author1-138 Lumsdaines sig. top p.1 tanning edges to inner sides of endpapers and blank fly-leaf edges frontispiece very cosely triimed but no significant loss 'Society of Antiquaries' credit line at bottom shaved across bottom otherwise internally clean tight and unmarked; covers excellent clean with minimal corner bumping but Vol.label missing to spine gilt borders are a slight variation on other vols; Vol.5: 2 fly leavesengr.frontispiece with narrow strip of loss to outer edget.p. as Vol.I but Vol.II in title 1790171 poem continues with Book VII Lumsdaines' sig.top p.1 as Vol.412 Glossary 2 blanks leaves; edge tanning to inner sides of end-papers and blanks otherwise clean tight and unmarked covers as Vol.4 but Vol.number label present; covers of all volumes have the gilt lines down joints matching those on covers. A very attractive partial set alas lacking the 3rd Blind Harry volume. Usually listed as individual volumes and these scarce. Douglas's forename is spelled Gawin on t.p. but Gavin on Vol.2 'Life'. T. Davies hardcover
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