A rare first edition of a book of poems – saved from destruction in a late 19th century barber’s shop – has gone on show for the first time since before lockdown.
The book of Robert Burns poems which was rescued after being spotted at a barber’s shop in Shrewsbury
Only 612 copies of Burns’s debut collection, commonly known as the Kilmarnock Edition, were printed in 1786 and it is thought that only 84 survive worldwide. The book will be displayed with other Burns-related material collected by Glasgow-born Mr Murison, who visited Shrewsbury when he was working as a travelling seed merchant. It will be on show in the reading room from January 3 to February 5, coinciding with Burns Night on January 25.
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