Hogg (James). Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801, additional engraved portrait 'The Ettrick Shepherd' bound at front, small later additional portrait by W. Nicholson pasted at front, some light spotting, bookplate of H.D. Colvill-Scott, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and Legendary Tales, by James Hogg the Ettrick Shepherd, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & London: John Murray 1807, short closed marginal tears to pp. xvii-xx, some light spotting, title a little toned, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem, 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: John Murray 1819, etched frontispiece, 2 etched plates (one double-page), some offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with a printed receipt, numbered in manuscript No. 161, signed by James Hogg and dated 1st June 1819, 'Received from John Miller Esq., Alloa, One Guinea, being his subscription for the Queen's Wake', loosely inserted, plus John Milton's Paradise Lost, a Poem, R. & A. Foulis, Glasgow, 1770 (Qty: 4) First work rare, only 6 institutional locations recorded. James Hogg (1770-1835) was a self-taught Scottish poet and novelist, widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", and some later publications were published under that nickname. Scottish Pastorals, Hogg's first collection of pastoral ballads was produced entirely from memory after he was delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, without access to his manuscripts, and printed by stationer John Taylor whose premises were opposite the sheep market. His poems contained much energy and were inspired by the pastoral tradition of Allan Ramsay and Robert Burns He met Sir Walter Scott in 1802 and the two became life-long friends.
Hogg (James). Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801, additional engraved portrait 'The Ettrick Shepherd' bound at front, small later additional portrait by W. Nicholson pasted at front, some light spotting, bookplate of H.D. Colvill-Scott, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and Legendary Tales, by James Hogg the Ettrick Shepherd, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & London: John Murray 1807, short closed marginal tears to pp. xvii-xx, some light spotting, title a little toned, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem, 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: John Murray 1819, etched frontispiece, 2 etched plates (one double-page), some offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with a printed receipt, numbered in manuscript No. 161, signed by James Hogg and dated 1st June 1819, 'Received from John Miller Esq., Alloa, One Guinea, being his subscription for the Queen's Wake', loosely inserted, plus John Milton's Paradise Lost, a Poem, R. & A. Foulis, Glasgow, 1770 (Qty: 4) First work rare, only 6 institutional locations recorded. James Hogg (1770-1835) was a self-taught Scottish poet and novelist, widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", and some later publications were published under that nickname. Scottish Pastorals, Hogg's first collection of pastoral ballads was produced entirely from memory after he was delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, without access to his manuscripts, and printed by stationer John Taylor whose premises were opposite the sheep market. His poems contained much energy and were inspired by the pastoral tradition of Allan Ramsay and Robert Burns He met Sir Walter Scott in 1802 and the two became life-long friends.
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