Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher (1735-1803)

King James I and VI, with four Scottish writers: Robert Burns, John (?) Home, Allan Ramsay, and James Beattie. Engraving.

Five men: Robert Burns, Richard Baxter, Francis Bacon, Judge Blackstone, and James Beattie. Engraving, 1811.

Writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Roger Robinson.

The minstrel, in two books: with some other poems. By James Beattie, LL.D

A discription of the Castle-hllls , near Northallerton, a poem. Written in the year 1746. By Miss Crosfield. To which is added, The hermit, a poem. By Dr. Beattie.

[James Beattie correspondence].

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