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Description: | This book, 'The Constitution of England - A New Edition, corrected' by J L De Lolme formed part of the personal library of Robert Burns. It was published in 1790 and contains many annotations in Burns' handwriting.
Fearing that this could be taken as support for republican government, Burns retrieved it from the library and pasted down the fly leaf to conceal the inscription.
In 1792 Burns decided to present this book to the Dumfries Public Library and inscribed it thus, 'Mr. Burns presents this book to the Library & begs they will take it as a Creed of British Liberty - untill they find a better RB'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Dumfries & Galloway Council - Nithsdale Museums | Temporal: | 1790-01-01 - 1790-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | 'The Constitution of England' from the p | Go to resource |
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