Not for maids, ministers, or striplings. The Merry Muses. A choice collection of favorite songs gathered from many sources . to which is added two of his letters and a poem - hitherto suppressed - and never before printed

Burns, Robert

Published by privately printed [by John Camden Hotten?] (not for sale), n.p. [London?], 1881

About this Item

Edition limited to 99 copies, 16mo, pp. [iii]-x, [2], 125, [1]; original full paneled crimson morocco, triple gilt borders on covers enclosing a central gilt panel with fleurons in the corners, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2, a.e.g.; spine sunned, else near fine, in a green morocco slipcase broken along one edge. Spurious edition of Burns' erotic and bawdy poems. Several similar editions were also printed.

Seller Inventory # 54028

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Not for maids, ministers, or striplings. The Merry Muses. A choice collection of favorite songs gathered from many sources . to which is added two of his letters and a poem - hitherto suppressed - and never before printed
• Publisher: privately printed [by John Camden Hotten?] (not for sale), n.p. [London?]
• Publication Date: 1881
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature
  • Poetry