Accession number
PML 252798-802
Published
Glasgow : David Bryce & Son, [between 1890 and 1900?]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Issued in wooden box, with each volume in separate compartment, arranged in two rows; center compartment in top row contains title page for set with picture of Robert Burns covered by a magnifying glass.
"Glasgow: Printed at the University Press"--Page facing title page, most volumes.
Cover titles of some volumes: English, Scotch, and Irish songs; Bryce's English dictionary; and Burns' poems, first edition, 1786. This edition is a reduced facsimile of the first edition printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson.
Library's copy housed in red morocco over green cloth slipcase.
"Glasgow: Printed at the University Press"--Page facing title page, most volumes.
Cover titles of some volumes: English, Scotch, and Irish songs; Bryce's English dictionary; and Burns' poems, first edition, 1786. This edition is a reduced facsimile of the first edition printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson.
Library's copy housed in red morocco over green cloth slipcase.
Description
5 volumes : illustrations, portrait ; 28 mm + 1 magnifying glass
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Tartan wrappers printed in gilt.
Classification
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