IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 253491 accession number: MU.504.2 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 12 October 2020 updated: Thursday 17 July 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Select melodies of Scotland. For 1-3 voices and piano. For the most part, the songs are taken from the various folio volumes of Thomson's 'A selection collection of original Scottish/Welsh/Irish airs'. "Engraved by W.H. Lizars, 3 James Square, Edinr. " -- foot of p. 1 of music. Colophon dated 1824, plate and 'To the public' (p. 1-2) dated 1825. Engraved colophon: "Edinburgh : engraved & printed by W.H. Lizars for the proprietor G. Thomson, 3 Royal Exchange, Edinburgh, 1824." Title page signed by the proprietor "G. Thomson". Engraved music interleaved with letterpress song texts with duplicate numbering (p. 1-69/30-67); actually there are 69 p. of engraved music and 26 p. of printed text. With t.p. of the 2nd octavo edition 1825. Songs, Scots. Songs, English Scotland. Songs, English Ireland. Songs, English Wales. Songs with piano. Vocal trios with piano. object type: Item no. 2 in volume MU.504. Item no. 6 in volume MRS.1.69,. Lacks plate for song 16, but at the end has plate for song 20 in volume 1 "Now Arthur's seat' 'by Stothard delt.' and 'Ranson sculpt." title: Thomson's collection of the songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott Bart. and other eminent lyric poets ancient & modern : united to the select melodies of Scotland, and of Ireland & Wales. with symphonies & accompaniments for the piano forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven &c. ; the whole composed for & collected by George Thomson F.A.S. Edinburgh, in six volumes. Vol. VI / NOTES ----- type: history note value: MU.504 received "Bound by F. Bedford" in full calf with gilt line borders and gilt tooled spine with red leather labels.UkCU-FWM LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/253491 CATEGORIES ------ category: printed music DATING ------ DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 score ([2], 2, 67, 69, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates) :ill ;36cm.; 1 score ([2], 2, 67, 69, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates) :ill ;36cm.; 1 score ([2], 2, 67, 69, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates) :ill ;36cm.;