Poems, Chiefly In The Scottish Dialect. Shirrefs, Andrew Literature

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xxviii, [ii], xv-365. [1]41, [1] + frontispiece. Half-title discarded. Later half calf, marbled boards, spine divided by raised bands between gilt rules, black morocco label, edges speckled red. A touch of spotting, some scattered light toning. Somewhat rubbed, spine sunned, a little wear to extremities. Bookseller?s ticket of Thos. Beet, London to pastedown. A substantial collection of Aberdonian poet Andrew Shirrefs? works, with a lengthy subscribers? list and dedicatory epistle to Charlotte Lennox. Despite the title, this collection also contains Shirrefs? drama ?Jamie and Bess?, a five-act comedy in imitation of Allan Ramsay?s ?The Gentle Shepherd? ESTC T95205.