The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings. To Which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry. In Four Volumes. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803.
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Provenance:
Bookplate of H. D. Moule with the motto "Droit Et Loyal" (right and loyal).
Bookplate of Miss Staunton.
[And]
Ownership inscription of A. Staunton.
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Size: 140 x 215 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[(3), frontis, t.p., v-xii, 395pp., (3)]; [(3), t.p., h.t., v-xxiv, 471pp., (3)]; [(3), t.p., v-xii, 422pp., (3)]; [(3), t.p., v-xxiv, 414pp., 2pp., (3)].
Full brown calf bindings over spotted paper backed boards with red and black tooled labels in compartments to the spines between raised bands. Bindings rubbed and scuffed, more so to spines, and with a small part of the backstrip lacking from the head of volume one. All boards attached with wear, some cracked or starting, thus some boards are fragile. Shelf and edge wear. Marbled page edges dulled. Shelf lean. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in all volumes. Bookplate attached to the reverso of the front blank in all volumes. Ink inscription to the head of the title page. Text blocks very clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Pp.419-422 detached in volume three.
