David Ramsay The Gentle Shepherd 1st Illustrated
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Author: Ramsay, Allan
Title: The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy
Place Published: Glasgow
Publisher:Printed by A. Foulis and sold by D. Allan, et al
Date Published: 1788
Description:
x, [ii], 111, 17, 18 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 12 aquatint plates by David Allan. (4to) 29x22.5 cm (11½x8¾"), period full calf, later rebacking with original spine laid down, spine gilt, red morocco spine label.
First Illustrated Edition of this enormously popular "pastoral comedy" which was first published in 1725 and first performed in a ballad opera version in 1747. [The supplemental eighteen pages of engraved songs are taken from this version.] Both a bookseller and an accomplished artist, David Allan had studied painting and engraving in Rome and worked in London as a portrait-painter before settling in Edinburgh, where he was known as "the Scottish Hogarth." Abbey, Life, 244.
Author: Ramsay, Allan
Title: The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy
Place Published: Glasgow
Publisher:Printed by A. Foulis and sold by D. Allan, et al
Date Published: 1788
Description:
x, [ii], 111, 17, 18 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 12 aquatint plates by David Allan. (4to) 29x22.5 cm (11½x8¾"), period full calf, later rebacking with original spine laid down, spine gilt, red morocco spine label.
First Illustrated Edition of this enormously popular "pastoral comedy" which was first published in 1725 and first performed in a ballad opera version in 1747. [The supplemental eighteen pages of engraved songs are taken from this version.] Both a bookseller and an accomplished artist, David Allan had studied painting and engraving in Rome and worked in London as a portrait-painter before settling in Edinburgh, where he was known as "the Scottish Hogarth." Abbey, Life, 244.
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Covers worn, hinges repaired; small ink stain in outer margin, not affecting text or images, some foxing; very good.
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