Observations on the scottish dialect.
London.
Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1782.
First edition.
8vo.
v, [3], 232pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to boards. Scattered spotting.
The sole edition of politician and agricultural historian Sir John Sinclair's (1754-1835) study of Scottish verbal usages and the derivations of 'words peculiar to the Scots'.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 26454
