The poetical works...including the pieces published in his correspondence and reliques: with songs and fragments. To which are prefixed a history of the poems, by his brother, Gilbert Burns, and a sketch of his life

London: John Bumpus...and Galignani, Paris, 1822. 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. xxx, 268; xii, 262; engraved portrait frontispiece in first volume; contemporary full black morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, spine in five compartments with alternating gilt decorative stamping and lettering, a.e.g., brown endpapers; extremities rubbed, small 1/4-inch loss to volume 2 spine head; endpaper edges toned, later (1910) owner's name on ffeps, previous bookseller's description tipped to volume 1 flyleaf; interior mostly fine. A very handsome set. The first edition to be printed outside Britain or the USA, according to Egerer 259. Item #40825

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