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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Title Page
The title page of the 1788 Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
The Present State of Nova Scotia Watermark
The watermark that appears on the paper William Creech used to print The Present State of Nova Scotia.
Advertisement in Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces.
The advertisement page of the 1815 edition of Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces, published after William Creech's death.
Cover of The Present State of Nova Scotia
Cover of the 1787 second edition of S. Hollingsworth's The Present State of Nova Scotia
Cropped portrait of old Pericles from Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
A cropped image of Simon Brett's portrait of an aged Pericles with Crispin Elsted's type-set beneath, all on Zerkal paper. Brett carved the image from wood supplied by Barbarian Press. There are a series of these portraits throughout the book to…
Dedication Letter in The Present State of Nova Scotia Pt. 1
First page of the dedication letter in the second edition of The Present State of Nova Scotia, addressed to Lord John Sheffield.
Dedication Letter in The Present State of Nova Scotia Pt. 2
Second page of the dedication letter in the second edition of The Present State of Nova Scotia, addressed to Lord John Sheffield.
Errata Page in The History of Edinburgh
The errata page of William Creech's 1779 printing of The History of Edinburgh, including instructions to the bookbinder.
Errata Page in The Present State of Nova Scotia
The errata page as it appears in the second edition of Hollingsworth's The Present State of Nova Scotia.
Evidence of Flower Pressing in The Present State of Nova Scotia
Evidence of a flower having been pressed in the pages of this copy of S. Hollingsworth's The Present State of Nova Scotia.
Example of Footnotes in The Present State of Nova Scotia
An example of footnotes in Hollingsworth's The Present State of Nova Scotia featuring two different symbols.
Introduction of Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces
The first page of the introduction to the 1815 printing of Creech's Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces, following his death.
Introduction Page in The Present State of Nova Scotia
The first page of the introduction in the second edition of Hollingsworth's The Present State of Nova Scotia.
Introduction to Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces
The first page of the introduction to Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces, published in 1815 after the death of William Creech.
Portrait of Robert Burns
The portrait of Robert Burns included in the 1788 Edinburgh edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect published by William Creech.
Portrait of William Creech
The portrait of William Creech included in the posthumously published edition of Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces.
Publication Information in The History of Edinburgh
The publication information as it appears in the 1779 printing of The History of Edinburgh by Hugo Arnot.
Publication Information of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
The publication information page of William Creech's 1788 Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
Publication Information, The Present State of Nova Scotia
The front page of The Present State of Nova Scotia as it appears in the second edition printed in 1787. Contains the publication information.
Publishers' Subscription Circulation, 1789
The conditions placed upon a call for subscriptions, issued by publishers in both England and Scotland circa 1789.