Rules of The Bannatyne Club. Instituted February, MDCCCXXIII.
[Edinburgh?].
[s.n.], [1823].
First edition.
8vo.
12pp. Later drab wrappers. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp.
An early - if indeed not the first - issue of the rules and regulations governing the Bannatyne Club, such as; limiting the numbers of members at any one time to thirty-one; that an annual general meeting shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of November; and that the impression of any work printed by the Club shall never exceed eighty-four copies.
The Bannatyne Club was founded in Edinburgh in 1823, with Sir Walter Scott as first president, for the purpose of promoting the study of Scottish history and literature. The club was named in honour of George Bannatyne (1545-1607/8), compiler of the Bannatyne manuscript (1568), an anthology of Scottish poetry. The club was dissolved in 1861.
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The Bannatyne Club was founded in Edinburgh in 1823, with Sir Walter Scott as first president, for the purpose of promoting the study of Scottish history and literature. The club was named in honour of George Bannatyne (1545-1607/8), compiler of the Bannatyne manuscript (1568), an anthology of Scottish poetry. The club was dissolved in 1861.