The poems of Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethingtoun, Knight. With an appendix of selections from the poems of Sir John Maitland Lord Thirlestane, and of Thomas Maitland. [Edited by Joseph Bain]

Maitland, Richard, Sir

Published by [printed for The Maitland Club, by Hutchison & Brookman], Glasgow, 1830

About this Item

First edition (70 copies only were printed for members of the club), 4to, pp. lxviii, [2], 176; frontispiece, engraved facsimile; original chocolate boards, printed paper label on spine; edges rubbed, upper joint starting; all else very good. Armorial bookplate of William Ralston Patrick. Among the club members listed are Sir Walter Scott and Robert Adam. The Maitland Club took their name from the courtier and writer, Sir Richard Maitland (1496-1582), "an amiable and accomplished poet, as well as the tasteful and industrious collector and pious preserver of Ancient Scottish poetry" (Preface). The Maitland manuscripts form one of the three most important collections of Early Scottish poetry - the others being the Asloan manuscript of 1515 and the Bannatyne manuscript of 1568.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The poems of Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethingtoun, Knight. With an appendix of selections from the poems of Sir John Maitland Lord Thirlestane, and of Thomas Maitland. [Edited by Joseph Bain]
• Publisher: [printed for The Maitland Club, by Hutchison & Brookman], Glasgow
• Publication Date: 1830
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature
  • Poetry