Poems, letters, &c. &c. ascribed to Robert Burns, the Ayrshire bard, not contained in any edition of his works hitherto published. : Embellished with an elegant frontispiece..
Burns, Robert,1759-1796.
Menzies family,former owner.
Cruikshank, Isaac,1764-1811.
Cruikshank, George,1792-1878.
London: : Printed for J. Dick, no. 55, Chiswell Street and Wm. Brown, Deptford,,
1809..
Frontispiece by Isaac Cruikshank and titled The Jolly Beggars. Egerer notes that: according to Gibson, p. 25, the figure of the little urchin at the bottom-right hand corner of the plate is the work of George Cruikshank. His father, Isaac Cruikshank, the engraver, used to let him try his hand on some of his plates in this way and this is the first appearance of George's work in print.
Note at foot of recto of contents leaf: The reader will please to observe, that pages 37, 38 39 and 40, occur twice over by mistake.
Final [4] pages captioned: Original poetry by C. A.
Egerer
Ink inscription on title page: H Menzies. Ink inscription on recto of front free endpaper: W Meznies.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
England London.