Ancient Scotish poems : never before in print, but now published from the ms. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethington, knight ..., comprising pieces written from about 1420 till 1586 : with large notes, and a glossary : prefixed are An essay on the origin of Scotish poetry, A list of all the Scotish poets, with brief remarks, and an appendix is added, containing, among other articles, an account of the contents of the Maitland and Bannatyne mss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maitland, Richard, Sir, 1496-1586.

Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826, editor.

Pepys Library. Maitland.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish poetry--To 1700.

Scottish poetry.

Scottish poetry--History and criticism.

Penn Provenance:

Parsons, Coleman O. (donor)

Physical Description:

2 volumes (cxlviii, 558 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : 1 facsimile ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Charles Dilly; and for William Creech at Edinburgh, 1786.

Notes:

Selected from the Maitland folio and quarto mss. in the Pepsyian Library by John Pinkerton. Erroneously asserted by Nichols and Chambers to be a forgery. For a description of this ed. see W.A. Craigie's ed. of the Maitland folio ms., 1927, v. 2. Cf. also Nichols' Illustrations of literary history, v. 5, p. 669-670; Chambers' Biog. dict., v. 3, p. 246.

OCLC:

54257947