Reposted by The Centre for Robert Burns Studies
Rare first edition of Burns’s Kilmarnock Edition goes on display at Edinburgh Writers’ Museum
Printed in Kilmarnock & published on 21 July 1786 in a run of just over 600 copies, only around 90 are known to survive today & each copy is different
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Rare first edition of Burns’ Kilmarnock Edition goes on display at the Writers’ Museum
The works will be on display from Monday 20 July until Friday 31 August 2026 to mark the 240th anniversary of publication.