Scoticisms, Arranged in Alphabetical Order, Designed to Correct Improprieties of Free Speech and Writing

Edinburgh:: William Creech, 1787. Book. 8vo, contemp. calf, rebacked, with new label. Pp. 121; half-title. Spine worn at tips, rear hinge cracked, a little browned, but quite a decent copy. With armorial bookplate of William Stirling. First published edition. Beattie's list originally appeared in 1779 in a small edition, not for sale, printed for the use of those who attended his lectures. A third edition was published in 1811. CBEL II, 640.