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Burns, Robert (1759-1796) Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
Edinburgh: Printed for the Author and sold by William Creech, 1787.
First Edinburgh edition, second issue with "Boxburgh" and "stinking"; with half-title and stipple portrait of Burns engraved by John Beugo after Alexander Nasmyth opposite title; bound in contemporary full polished calf with original red leather label; front board becoming detached; ex libris T.W. Dewar with his etched bookplate by William Strang; signed by William Watherston on title with a lengthy inscription by the same owner inside front board; housed in a modern custom protective case; 8 1/4 x 5 in.
