The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns [Miniature, 1827]

$295

By Robert Burns

Beautiful silk-woven miniature set of works by the great Scottish poet

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Description

  • Miniature Edition in two volumes [Jones & Company, London, 1827]; 9 x 5.5cm
    • Vol 1: blank leaf, 8 pages Publisher’s ads, 2 plates [portrait, tissue guard & University Edition title page, 1825], xxxi, 199, [3 blank] pages; salmon silk-woven boards, spine rubbed, silk worn at extremities, blue paper on spine with gold titling, all edges gilt, an excellent copy
    • Vol 2: blank leaf, xvi, 268, 4 Publisher’s ads pages; salmon silk-woven boards, spine rubbed, silk worn at extremities, blue paper on spine with gold titling, all edges gilt, an excellent copy
  • Part of the Jones’ Diamond Poets series, so named due to the diamond-point tooling used to produce sharp, clear text in these miniature formats.
  • With A Glossary And A Biographical Sketch Of The Author