Object details

Object number

8.a.2.49

Creator(s)

• Robert Burns (Ayshire, 1759 - 1796, Dumfries) - primary
• William Creech (Edinburghshire, 1745 - 1815, Edinburgh) - publisher
• Tout (active 19th century) - binder

Title

Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Date

1787

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English (Scottish Dialect)

Publication Place

Edinburgh

Binding Description

Full brown crushed levant morocco extra; on the sides, a double and single fillet succeeded by the same with elaborate fleurons at the exterior corners connected by a pointille fillet; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges

Description

1 vol., (xlviii, [1], 10-368 pages) : paper ; ill. ; 21 cm. (8°)

Dimensions

20.96 x 13.34 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $32.50 on 16 April 1890, lot 383.

Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

Bibliography

Charles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Library, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Maps and Prints Forming the Collection of Gerald E. Hart, esq., of Montreal... (Boston, 15-19 April 1890), p. 42, lot 383.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 13.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), pp. 94-95.

Gallery

Long Gallery

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