Statement of responsibility: by William Gunnyon ; with portrait and illustrations on wood by eminent artists.
Content: With a frontispiece portrait of Burns, an added color chromolithographed title page, and an added wood engraved title page.
Content: Frontispiece portrait signed: John Le Conte sc.
Content: "Edinburgh: Printed by Schenck and M'Farlane, St. James' Square."--verso of title page.
Content: "Index of first lines of poems, epistles, epigrams, &c."--pages [513]-523.
Content: Last page blank.
Content: Signatures: [a]² b-k⁸ A-2I⁸ 2K⁶.
Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare 821-B (accession no. B628683) inscribed: in ink on slip affixed to front pastedown "Presented to 'Uncle Tom' by Her Majesty. 1877" This copy includes a clipping from an auction catalog that listed the sale of this item: "These books were the property of Rev. Josiah Henson, better known as 'Uncle Tom' ... He visited England in the autumn of 1876, in the interest of the colored race ... He remained until 1877 ... and was entertained by Her Majesty Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle ..." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Physical Description
Extent: 17, [2], xx-cxlviii, 523, [1] pages, [18] leaves of plates :illustrations, portraits ; 11 x 17 cm
