A Bannatyne Garland
by [BANNATYNE CLUB]. [TYTLER, Patrick Fraser]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1824. [2], iii pp, [1]. Contemporary green paper wrappers. Rubbed and sunned. Internally immaculate. The sole edition, limited to 40 copies, of a celebratory ballad commemorating the 1824 meeting of the Bannatyne Club by co-founder, historian and advocate, Patrick Fraser Tytler (1791-1849). The Bannatyne Club was founded in Edinburgh in 1823, with Sir Walter Scott as first president, for the purpose of promoting the study of Scottish history and literature. The club was named in honour of George Bannatyne (1545-1607/8), compiler of the Bannatyne manuscript (1568), an anthology of Scottish poetry. The club was dissolved in 1861. . First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ28588
- Title
- A Bannatyne Garland
- Author
- [BANNATYNE CLUB]. [TYTLER, Patrick Fraser]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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- Sunned
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