Select Poems of Wil. Dunbar. Part First. From the M. S. Of George Bannatyne, Published 1568. BOUND WITH The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Pastoral Comedy. Adorned with Cuts. By Allan Ramsay.

Dunbar, Wil. [ William ], ( Bannatyne, George ) AND Ramsay, Allan

Published by Printed by R. Morison, Junr. For R. Morison & Son, Booksellers; and Sold By J. Murray, No. 12 Fleet Street, London, and C. Elliot, Edinburgh, Perth, 1788

About this Item

Two Works Bound in One, both printed in 1788. The Gentle Shepherd being the first printing containing David Allan's engravings, this being the smaller size with 6 cuts in total. Size 16mo, 6" x 3.5", 100 pages to William Dunbar's Poems and 96 pages to The Gentle Shepherd. Recent professional rebinding in half tan calf over marbled boards, with burgundy morocco and gilt title label to the spine, new end-papers with original end-papers also retained. With engraved frontispiece by the renowned David Allan, of a classical scene headed "Bellenden's Poems. The Scotish Poets." and 5 further full-page engravings by David Allan in The Gentle Shepherd. Condition very good, corners and edges very slightly rubbed, there is slight offsetting from the woodcuts onto the opposing pages, (including the title page for Dunbar's poems, as the frontispiece for The Gentle Shepherd has been bound in at the front of the book, opposite this page) other than this the pages are very clean throughout both works.

Seller Inventory # 014627

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Select Poems of Wil. Dunbar. Part First. From the M. S. Of George Bannatyne, Published 1568. BOUND WITH The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Pastoral Comedy. Adorned with Cuts. By Allan Ramsay.
• Publisher: Printed by R. Morison, Junr. For R. Morison & Son, Booksellers; and Sold By J. Murray, No. 12 Fleet Street, London, and C. Elliot, Edinburgh, Perth
• Publication Date: 1788
• Language: English
• Binding: Half Calf - Marbled Boards
• Illustrator: David Allan
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good