A Miscellanea of Eleven Works.
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers / Adam and Charles Black, 1837-53. Hardcover. Item #33008
Eleven works bound in one volume. Half calf over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, red calf label lettered in gold and decorations. Includes: 1) The Life of Robert Burns, with a Criticism on His Writings... Here Considerably Extended by Additional Particulars..., Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838, 76pp; 2) The Prose Works of Robert Burns, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1839, 134pp + erratum slip; 3) The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838, 148pp; 4) Select Poetical Works of Allan Ramsay Including His Gentle Shepherd with a Prefatory Memoir of the Author and His Writings, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838, 54pp; 5) The Lady of the Lake, A Poem by Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838, 54pp; 6) Marmion, A Tale of Flodden Field by Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1837, 59pp; 7) Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1853, 661-817pp; 8) Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political. With a Memoir of the Author by Francis Bacon, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838, 39pp; 9) The Conduct of the Understanding. Also Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1839, 28pp; 10) The Complete English Tradesman by Daniel Defoe, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1839 , 86pp; 11) The Sabbath, Sabbath Walks, and Other Poems by James Grahame, with a Memoir of the Author, Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1839 , 26pp. Wear to covers, light scattered foxing, old stain affecting the last few leaves and rear endpapers. A very good copy. ; Octavo.
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