Tales and Sketches by the Ettrick Shepherd [Six Volumes, Finely Bound] by The Ettrick Shepherd [Hogg, James] - 1837

Blackie and Son. LEATHER_BOUND. Glasgow and London, 1837. 12mo, half morocco over marbled paper, 352 + 354 + 359 + 360 + 359 + 360 pp. First edition. A beautifully preserved set in near fine condition with some rubbing to bindings and fine contents. A very nice set. "Like Burns, Hogg questioned and subverted aspects of the Scottish Enlightenment, and created a space in which the allegedly ?marginal? and ?primitive? culture of the old Scottish peasantry could speak with eloquence and power. Like Burns, Macpherson, and Scott, Hogg made a distinctive Scottish contribution to European Romanticism." - Oxford DNB. Please contact us for additional pictures or information. . Very Good. 1837. First Edition.