![]() ![]() However Burns is one of those authors so extensively reprinted in the century after his death that, unless handsomely bound, his posthumous editions generally have relatively low commercial value in their own right. Burns night is a familiar ritual wherever the Scots gather together. He was read enthusiastically throughout the British empire and in America, and a network of Burns clubs sprang up not only in Scotland, but right around the world. Cromek's Reliques of Robert Burns (1808) are the editions usually met with.īurns was an important examplar to the Romantic poets, who were early literary pilgrims to the Burns country. James Currie's Works of Robert Burns, with an Account of his Life (1800) and Robert H. ![]() Pirated editions also quickly appeared in Belfast, Dublin, Philadelphia, and New York.Īfter Burns's death several volumes of work that had circulated only in private during his lifetime appeared. This was followed by the Edinburgh edition of about 3,000 copies, published by subscription in 1787, and shortly afterwards by the first London edition, published by Cadell. ![]() For book collectors, by far his most important publication is the 240-page Kilmarnock Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, published in 1786 in an edition of just over 600 copies. Robert Burns (1759–1796), more familiarly Rabbie Burns, is widely recognised as Scotland’s national bard. Rare books by Robert Burns, including first editions, copies in fine bindings, and handsome sets of his collected works. ![]()
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