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Chambers was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles. These poems were published posthumously and include 9 sonnets on the Nine holes of St. Andrews Links as well as more serious subjects. Stuck in to the blank preceding the frontispiece is a newspaper review which discusses the background to the collection. Number 41 in a limited edition of 140. Spine label abraded otherwise VG