The National Library of Scotland have made digital images of 42 volumes of ‘The British Poets’ series, published in Edinburgh in 1773. The set contains a selection of key works by British poets written in the 17th and 18th centuries, and was bound by James Scott of Edinburgh.
Scott was one of the finest bookbinders working in 18th-century Britain, He was working in Edinburgh’s Old Town from the early 1770s to the early 1780s. You can find out more on the National Library’s website, and view the images in their digital gallery.
SPRAT is grateful for support from The Watson Foundation