SCOTLAND'S SCAITH.; OR, THE HISTORY OF WILL AND JEAN: Owre true a tale! [Bound with:] SONGS and THE SCOTTISH MUSE.

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12mo. 6.5 x 4.25 inches. 196 pp., with Notes pp.173-8 and A Glossary, pp. 179-196. Separate half titles for each part. Bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Extremities worn with corners rubbed and some foxing; otherwise a very good copy. Signature at head of title with crossed through inscription on verso. Illustrated by 4 engraved plates, including frontispiece. A collection of the author's poetical writings bound together. It includes the popular Scotland's Scaith, or the History of Will and Jean(dating from 1795 with many later editions); The Songs (preface dated December 1805) and The Scottish Muse (Jamaica, 1798), all paginated together in one volume, whose plates are dated 1st January 1806. Hector Macneill (1746-1818) was a Scottish poet, who spent the early part of his career working in the West Indies and wrote about the condition of the slaves. POETRY SCOTTISH POETRY SCOTTISH 18TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED POETRY. N° de ref. del artículo 27147

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