A note from Wighton inside the GB-DUcl copy reveals that the Scots Magazine advertised individual numbers as they were issued, e.g. Bremner, at the Harp & Hautboy, where may be had Also all sorts of Music & Musical Instruments as cheap as at LONDON.' The later London edition has had 'Edinburgh' replaced by 'LONDON', with 'in the Strand' added underneath, and 'as cheap as at LONDON' removed! So Bremner took the plates south with him in 1762, advertising his London premises in December of that year. The GB-A copy proves that the book was first published in Edinburgh, not London: 'Edinburgh, Printed & sold by Robt.
(The form of the '8' in 6/8 matches that in Bremner's Curious Collection only in some numbers.) The engraving style of text (and sometimes music) changes between numbers. Published as 14 numbers of 8 pages each, c.1757-61, the last two numbers being published as the Second Collection. Robert Bremner, At the Harp and Hautboy Edition 77)Įdinburgh and London, Robert Bremner Printer I'll make you be fain to follow me (p.
