Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1759. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Gaskell, Foulis Press, 372. Three essays by James Moor, the most substantial of which is an interpretation of Plato's "Dialogue of Cebes" entitled "Essay on the Composition of the Picture Described in the Dialogue of Cebes." More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1743. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Rothschild 411; Hayward 166; NCBEL II, 537. Robert Blair’s famous and often re-printed work, the most notable edition of which was illustrated by William Blake in 1808. The Grave is one of the classic works of the “graveyard school”... More
Air: Printed by John & Peter Wilson, 1792. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, pages 203-204; Lonsdale, Eighteenth Century Women Poets, pages 453-455. The only book by Janet Little (1759-1813), a "rustic poetess" (Lonsdale), who ran a dairy and worked as a housemaid. One of her... More
Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour & Smellie, 1773. Edition: First and only edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 2053 (Hailes); ESTC T67787. ¶ A polite response, with some deferential corrections, to Lord Hailes and his History of Scotland, published earlier in 1773. More