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‘Poems’ by Allan Ramsay, volume 1 (Edinburgh, 1721), with, inserted at the front, a manuscript of two poems in Ramsay's hand, and two pen sketches of heads., 1721, undated.

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Identifier: MS.9749

Scope and Contents

Tipped in to page 269 is a press cutting (folio 2) concerning the song ‘Polwart on the green’. On page xxviii is a contemporary note of the numbers of subscribers to the ‘Poems’.

Dates

  • Creation: 1721, undated.

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

217 Leaves

Language of Materials

From the Series: Undetermined

Arrangement

xxviii, 400 pages + 3 folios.

Bibliography

The manuscript poems, 'The Roundell to her health' and 'Bogi-Dow', have been published in ‘The Works of Allan Ramsay’ (‘Scottish Text Society’, 1951-1974), volume iv, pages 262, 273.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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