1813 Essays on the Superstitions of The Highlanders of Scotland - Scarce

Description: Essays on the Superstitions of The Highlanders of Scotland: To Which are Added, Translations from the Gaelic; and Letters Connected with Those Formerly Published. Two Volumes in One. Published by Eastburn, Kirk & Co., New York, 1813, 314 pp, full original leather, 7.5 x 4.5”, 12mo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing along edges. Heavier wear at tips with slight loss at top right corner on front board. Light scuffing and scratching to surface of leather. Nicely bound. End papers free of markings or ownership. Free of any known marginalia. Light toning throughout with instances of age spotting and foxing. Light finger soiling in the margins. Binding tight and intact. A sound, attractive copy. Please see photos. Scarce. Only known U.S. imprint! This work found favor among readers with a taste of poetry of Burns and Scot, as well as among Romantics who looked to the Scottish Highlands for evidence of a society uncorrupted by the vices of modern society. Anne Grant was born in Glasgow, but spent her childhood in America and is best known for her Memoirs of an American Lady (1808). RAREA1813FOPS

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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Binding: Leather

Language: English

Author: Anne Grant

Publisher: Eastburn, Kirk & Co.

Topic: Folklore, Mythology

Subject: History

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