Scottish proverbs /
Henderson, Andrew,1783-1835,editor.
Henderson, Andrew,1783-1835,inscriber.StEdNL: RB.m.61
Kidston, Robert Alexander,Esq,former owner.StEdNL: RB.m.61
Motherwell, William,1797-1835,author.
Motherwell, William,1797-1835,former owner.StEdNL: RB.m.124
Edinburgh: : Oliver & Boyd. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, London. David Robertson, Glasgow.,
MDCCCXXXII [1832]..
A large paper printing limited to 20 copies on normal paper, and 4 copies on tinted paper, "Four copies of this volume were printed on tinted paper, and presented by the editor to the following gentlemen: Dr. William Young. W. Motherwell, Esq. Thomas Atkinson, Jun., Esq. John Kerr Esq." (verso of half title).
With half title.
A 16-page addenda, containing additional proverbs in coarse language was also printed.
William Motherwell's copy, which originally had a portion of his 'Life of Burns' in manuscript inserted, now held in Archives and Manuscript Collections (Acc.7504).
Tipped in inside the front cover is a letter, n.d. of the author/editor, Andrew Henderson, forwarding two copies of the book and the appendix to Robert Alexander Kidston, Esq.
Bound in half green calf with green cloth sides by J. Lindsay Laidlaw Helensburgh (with his ticket), and stamp 1 in gold on the upper cover:
Proverbs, Scottish.