Gems of literature
Subtitle: elegant, rare, and suggestive.
Contributors: Nimmo, William Philip, 1831-1883.; Paton, J. Noël Sir, 1821-1901.; Lawson, John, fl. 1865-1909.; Paterson, Robert, fl. 1860-1899.; Corner, James Mackenzie fl. 1872-1900.; Cheshire, William, fl. 1862-1901.
Publisher: William P. Nimmo
Published: 1866
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Poetry -- Collections.; English prose literature.; Gift books -- Specimens.
Genres: Collections.; Specimens.
Notes: Illustrations engraved by Robert Paterson, J.M. Corner, William Cheshire, Williamson and others. Some illustrations signed "NP" [i.e. Noel Paton]; one is signed "JLawson"

Added engraved title page.

Text within red-ruled borders.

Includes works by Carlyle, Wordsworth, Johnson, Byron, Pope, Scott, Shelley, Burns, Longfellow, Milton, Spenser, Keats and others.

White, Gleeson. English Illustration, p. 127

Reid, Forrest. Illustrators of the eighteen sixties, p. 254

MASS copy: Bound in green fine morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind in design similar to McLean O 229.1; a.e.g. With a presentation inscription dated 1868. With the bookplate of David Graham.