The Grampians desolate: a poem

Campbell, Alexander

Published by printed by John Moir, Royal Bank Close: for Vernor and Hood in the Poultry, London: and Manners and Miller, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1804

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 316, 4 (Prospectus of a New Agricultural Institution or Fund of Aid for Waste Land Cultivators); contemporary if not original glazed green paper-backed marbled boards, printed pink paper label on spine; spine end a little chipped and spine with vertical cracks; all else very good and sound. Recent bookplate of Norman & Janey Buchan on recto of front free endpaper. An unusual and possibly bespoke binding. A review of the book from the Monthly Review, pp. 87-90, Sept 1805 is laid in. "More than half of this work, which is without literary merit, consists of notes. Its object was to call attention to the 'deplorable condition' of the highlands, brought about by the introduction of sheep-farming. A melancholy incident recorded in a note to page 11 led to the establishment of the Edinburgh Destitute Sick Society" (Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Grampians desolate: a poem
• Publisher: printed by John Moir, Royal Bank Close: for Vernor and Hood in the Poultry, London: and Manners and Miller, Edinburgh, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1804
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature
  • Poetry