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CUNNINGHAM, Allan (1784 - 1842)
The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern;
$550.00 AUD
with an introduction and notes, historical and critical, and characters of the lyric poets. London : John Taylor, 1825. Four volumes, octavo, in attractive bindings of half calf over marbled papered boards, flat-panelled spines with decorative tooling, contrasting morocco title-pieces lettered in gilt (some light scuffing); marbled edges and endpapers, pp. vii; [blank]; 352; viii; 352; viii; 352; xii; 364, internally clean, a fine set.
Songs from the highlands and lowlands with evocative titles such as I do confess thou’rt smooth and fair; The wee wee man; The demon lover; The gaberlunyie man; Rattling roaring Willie; Poor and honest sodger; Pibroch of Donuil Dhu; O are ye sleeping, Maggie? and Och hey, Johnnie lad.
The compiler was an author and poet in his own right, and friend of Sir Walter Scott.