Man’s dominion has broken nature’s social union.

Every year Burns’ Night will find us around the dining room table with a vegetarian haggis, neeps and tatties, and plenty of Scotch whisky. Often we produce a broadsheet or squib to accompany the feast. This year it became a bit larger-a real celebration of the Bard and his place in history. As the ice caps melt, the forests burn, and the land floods we think the words “I’m truely sorry man’s dominion has broken nature’s social union” is eerily precient. We’ve been saying Burns got it right for awhile now. We are more convinced than ever.

To a Mouse on Turning her up in her nest with the plough November 1785. An edition for those who would read without faking a Scottish accent. Some of the Scottish dialect expressions have been translated and are shown in the margins as appropriate. The types in this book were are designed by Jim Rimmer: The poem is printed in Juliana, editorial interjections use Stern and the titling face is two sizes of his Duensing Titling. The title page border was cast by Stephenson Blake and is contemporary with the poem. The paper was hand made in India and the marbled paper on the case was produced by Jemma Lewis. The book is French fold, [8] leaves (unpaginated) It has been produced in a edition of 72 copies of which 60 copies are for sale.