An Interesting History of Robert Burns: The Ayrshire Bard.
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Title
An Interesting History of Robert Burns: The Ayrshire Bard.
Publisher
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers
Date
1840-1850? University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks
Extent
24 pages
Is Part Of
Chapbook #9 in a bound collection of 34 chapbooks (s0098b48)
Chapbook #11 in a bound collection of 22 chapbooks (s0221b12)
Description
60 printed at bottom of the title-page
Abstract
This biography tells of the life and death of Robert Burns, dwelling at some length on his virtues and glossing over or even contradicting many of his reported failings. The text includes many excerpts from letters written by Burns or by others in his life, as well as alleged testimony from eye-witnesses.
Subject
Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Source
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
Is Referenced By
University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/
Format
JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.
Rights
In the public domain; For higher quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413
Contributor
Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Citation
“An Interesting History of Robert Burns: The Ayrshire Bard.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed April 26, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/735.
