The red-breast, : a tale..
[Edinburgh? : s.n.,
1787?]
Caption title.
Anonymous: an unrecorded mock erotic poem, written in the style of a popular ballad, about an unsuccessful attempt to seduce a sleeping maiden "Miss Fanny".
The poem is prefaced by quotes from James Thomson's "Seasons" (Winter) and "Castle of Indolence".
Dated on p. 7: Edinburgh, Jan. 1787. Probably printed on a private press, with 4 manuscript corrections to the text.
ESTC
Ownership label of "J. O. Edwards" on the verso of the front wrapper.
Scotland Edinburgh.