The poetical works of Beattie & Goldsmith
Subtitle: illustrated by McWhirter Hay & Vallance
Contributors: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774; MacWhirter, John, 1839-1911; Hay, George, 1831-1913; Le Conte, John, fl. 1850-1886; Paterson, Robert, fl. 1860-1899; Corner, James Mackenzie fl. 1872-1900; Warren, Albert H. 1830-1911; Ballantyne, Roberts and Company
Publisher: William P. Nimmo; Frederick Warne & Co.
Published: 1865
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Other titles: Poetical works of James Beattie, and the poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith; Beattie and Goldsmith's poetical works; Beattie :
Notes: Date taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

Wood-engraved ill. t.p. is a cancel.  Sheets, except for t.p., are the same as another edition of this title published in [1864] by William P. Nimmo.  See McLean D 0065.

Text and t.p. printed within thin black rule-border.

Preliminary plate is a transfer lithograph of an originally steel-engraved portrait of Beattie.

Wood-engraved plates are with captions.

Advertisements for William P. Nimmo on p. [1-2] at end.

Includes "Life of James Beattie, LL.D. by J. S. Gibb.": p. [v]-xvi.

Includes "Life of Oliver Goldsmith. By Thomas Finlayson, M. A., LL.B.": p. [189]-204.

Preliminary plate with signature: "John Le Conte. Sc.".  Several wood-engraved plates are signed as engraved by R. Paterson and others by J. M. Corner.

MASS copy: Bound in red morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind.  Upper and lower cover with signature: "AW" [i.e. Albert Henry Warren].  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With brown painted endpapers.  With ownership inscription: "Alice Lee  Xmas. 1867.".