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Allan Ramsay The Gentle Shepherd. a Scots Pastoral Comedy. With the Overtures to the Songs, and a Complete Glossary London Printed for John Donaldson, Corner of Arundel Street, No. 195 Strand 1775 Paper Covered Boards Good Book Printed in London in 1775. Size 8" x 5", 132 pages including the glossary. Blue paper covered boards with olive green buckram spine section. Condition good, the book has at some point been rebound with new endpapers, corners and edges rubbed, with a small vignette engraving tipped on to front free endpaper as a frontispiece, with stamps of "jolly beggar's tam o'shanter" to front pastedown and also one stamp to page 9 of the preliminary dedication to the Countess of Eglington, first few pages dust soiled a few occasional tiny spots here and there, other than this the contents are generally very clean. A nice copy, printed with musical notation to the songs at the start of each act of the play. The glossary at the back comprises some general rules, and a glossary of Scottish words and their English equivalents/meanings. 13467 Price:
68.16 GBP
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