The British poets..
Scott, James,-approximately 1786,binder.NLS: Bdg.s.835
Cochrane, Thomas John,1789-1872,former owner.NLS: Bdg.s.835
Grant, John,active 1875-1925,former owner.NLS: Bdg.s.835
Virgil.Works.English.1773
Homer.Iliad.English.1773
Homer.Odyssey.English.1773
Milton, John,1608-1674.Paradise lost.1773
Milton, John,1608-1674.Paradise regain'd.1773
Milton, John,1608-1674.Poems on several occasions.1773
Butler, Samuel,1612-1680.Hudibras.1773
Cowley, Abraham,1618-1667.Select poems.1773
Waller, Edmund,1606-1687.Poems upon several occasions.1773
Dryden, John,1631-1700.Original poems.1773
Dryden, John,1631-1700.Fables ancient and modern.1773
Garth, Samuel,Sir,1661-1719.Poetical works.1773
Prior, Matthew,1664-1721.Poems upon several occasions.1773
Pope, Alexander,1688-1744.Poetical works.1773
Gay, John,1685-1732.Poems on several occasions.1773
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745.Poems.1773
Addison, Joseph,1672-1719.Poetical works.1773
Young, Edward,1683-1765.Complaint: or, night-thoughts.1773
Young, Edward,1683-1765.Poems on several occasions.1773
Parnell, Thomas,1679-1718.Poems.1773
Thomson, James,1700-1748.Poetical works.1773
Akenside, Mark,1721-1770.Poems.1773
Shenstone, William,1714-1763.Select works.1773
Gray, Thomas,1716-1771.Poems.1773
Collins, William,1721-1759.Poetical works.1773
Beattie, James,1735-1803.Poems on several occasions.1773
Edinburgh: : Printed for A. Kincaid and W. Creech, and J. Balfour.,
1773-1776.
Vols. 1-43 have collective and volume title-pages; vol. 44 has only volume title-page.
Imprint of collective titlepages to vol. 31-43: Printed for J. Balfour and W. Creech.
Date of volume titlepage to vol. 44: 1776; all other titlepages dated 1773.
Imprint of volume titlepage for vol. 44: Printed for W. Creech.
v. 1-2. Paradise lost / John Milton (ESTC T144897) -- v. 3. Paradise regain'd / John Milton (ESTC T144898) -- v. 4. Poems on several occasions / John Milton (ESTC T144927) -- v. 5-6. Hudibras / Samuel Butler (ESTC T001923) -- v. 7. Select poems of Mr. A. Cowley (ESTC T144969) -- v. 8. Poems upon several occasions / Edmund Waller (ESTC T144922) -- v. 9-10. Original poems / John Dryden (ESTC T144895) -- v. 11-12. Fables ancient and modern / John Dryden (ESTC T144777) -- v. 13-15. The works of Virgil / translated by John Dryden (ESTC T145015) -- v. 16. The poetical works of Sir Samuel Garth (ESTC T144933) -- v. 17-18. Poems upon several occasions / Matthew Prior (ESTC T144925) -- v. 19-22. The poetical works of Alexander Pope (ESTC T144930) -- v. 23-25. The Iliad of Homer / translated by Alexander Pope (ESTC T144817) -- v. 26-28. The Odyssey of Homer / translated by Alexander Pope (ESTC T141496) -- v. 29-30. Poems on several occasions / John Gay (ESTC T013908) -- v. 31-32. Poems of Dr Jonathan Swift (ESTC T144913) - v. 33. The poetical works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison (ESTC T089178) -- v. 34-35. The complaint: or, night-thoughts on life, death, and immortality (ESTC T144734) -- v. 36. Poems on several occasions / Edward Young (ESTC T144924) -- v. 37. The poems of Dr. Thomas Parnell (ESTC T144914) -- v. 38-39. The poetical works of James Thomson (ESTC T144931) -- v. 40. The poems of Mark Akenside (T088543) -- v. 41. Select works of W. Shenstone, Esq (ESTC T144970) -- v. 42. Poems by Mr. Gray (ESTC T144910) -- v. 43. The poetical works of Mr. William Collins (ESTC T128066) -- v. 44. Poems on several occasions / James Beattie (ESTC T138978)
Each volume decorated with the monogram AM surrounded with an oval identified as one of the tools of James Scott of Edinburgh (Loudon, J.H. James Scott & William Scott bookbinders, London 1980, JS 23).
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Bookplate on upper paste-down of each volume: Sir Thomas Cochrane, G.C.B., (former admiral of the fleet and governor of Newfoundland); signature of John Grant, Edinburgh bookseller, late 19th or early 20th century, on free endpaper of vol. 10.