The Works of Robert Burns; with a complete life of the poet [by James Currie], and an essay on his genius and character, by Professor Wilson, etc. [With plates, including portraits
A collected edition of Robert Burns's works issued by Blackie & Son in 1855, carrying Currie's life of the poet and John Wilson's essay on his genius, aimed at Victorian household readers of Scottish poetry. The 43 plates are steel-engraved topographical views captioned with Scottish place names u2014 Kilmarnock, Dumfries, river banks and wooded glens u2014 built from fine grey hatching, with dark framing trees, small figures and cattle in the foreground and broad clouded skies; useful for landscape backgrounds, engraved texture and vignette borders.
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