Scoticisms, arranged in Alphabetical Order, designed to correct improprieties of speech and writing

by James Beattie

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition. Pp. iv , 121 122 blank . Half-title. Octavo, signed in 4s 7 1⁄4 x 4 1⁄4 inches . Bound to style in contemporary reversed calf-backed ‘marbled’ paper boards.Provenance: numerous marginal notes by an unidentified but early hand. Item #262964 An attractive copy of this interesting work: “The book is well wrote” p.104 and was discussed by Beattie with Samuel Johnson p.105

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