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BURNS, Robert. Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect . Edinburgh: for the author and sold by William Creech, 1787. 8° (198 x 113mm). Half title. (Tears repaired without loss of text on B4 and S1; outer margin restored not affecting text on Oo3; red stain on pp. 179-182). Brown morocco gilt, tooled to a fanfare design by Zaensdorf, morocco doublures and liners, edges gilt, in morocco solander case. Second, much enlarged, edition. The second issue, with corrected 'stinking' on line 13 of p. 263. 32 AUTOGRAPH ADDITIONS ON 23 PAGES, where the author has inserted the names of dedicatees and other persons whose names had been left blank. The pages are: 43, 46, 47, 48(2x), 50, 55, 66, 84, 85(4x), 87, 88, 89(2x), 92, 108, 180, 251, 264, 629(2x), 276, 278, 290, 301, 341(3x)