Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was the second "pirated" issue of Robert Burns's work, being published in Ireland at Belfast without permission from or payment to the author or publisher. It is
Dublin Variant of 1787 – Title page
The page number error.
Comparison of the 1787 first octavo 'Edinburgh Edition' (left) and the 1787 'Dublin' duodecimo volume(right).
The 'Stinking' misprint.
The Edinburgh Edition is the name given to the second edition of Robert Burns's Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, published by William Creech of Edinburgh on 17 April 1787. It followed the Kilma
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Dublin Variant)
…the error Stinking for the Scots word Skinking (watery) in the poem "To a Haggis" because the type setters copied from a 1787 Stinking Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Edinburgh Edition). It has been shown to be from the same print setting as the Belfast Edition but with a different title page. This single volume issue is a collection…
Frontispiece and title page of the Edinburgh Edition
The "stinking" error in the poem "To a Haggis"
The "Boxburgh" misprint in the subscribers' section.
Dedication of the Edinburgh Edition to the Caledonian Hunt.