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RAMSAY, Allan.
The Gentle Shepherd. A Pastoral Comedy.
The Gentle Shepherd is a pastoral comedy by Allan Ramsay. It was first published in 1725 and dedicated to Susanna Montgomery, Lady Eglinton, to whom Ramsay gifted the original manuscript. The play has some happy descriptive scenes and is a pleasant delineation of rustic manners in the countryside of the Scottish Lowlands in the 18th century. The backdrop is believed to have been inspired by the Penicuik area some eight miles southwest of Edinburgh where Ramsay was frequently the guest of his patron Sir John Clerk of Penicuik at Penicuik House.
- Published
- Glasgow: printed by A Foulis, and sold by D. Allan, J. Murray, C. Elliot, 1778
- References
- ABBEY LIFE 244.
- Plates
- 12 + 1
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Glasgow: printed by A Foulis, and sold by D. Allan, J. Murray, C. Elliot, 1778
- Ref
- 1184
Quarto. Rebound in panelled calf, red morocco label, raised bands, with gilt in rule to spine, title lettered in gilt to spine, marbled endpapers: frontispiece and 12 plates in later hand colour. Frontispiece repaired in two places without loss, otherwise in good condition. Frontispiece and twelve plates in later hand colour. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontis. Alan Ramsay Scotus. 2. Patie and Roger. 3. Peggy and Jenny. 4. Glaud and Symon. 5. Bauldy and Mause. 6. Patie and Peggy. 7. Symon, Glaud, Elspa, Jenny, Sir William and Patie. 8. Roger and Jenny. 9. Mause and Madge. 10. Patie and Roger. 11. Symon and Bauldy. 12. Glaud, Jenny, and Peggy. 13. Sir William, Patie, Roger, Symon, Glaud, Bauldy, and Mause.
