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A lytell geste of Robin Hode, with other ancient & modern ballads and songs relating to this celebrated yeoman to which is prefixed his history and character, grounded upon other documents than those made use of by his former biographer, "Mister Ritson." Ed. by John Mathew Gutch, F.S.A., and adorned with cuts by F.W. Fairholt, F.S.A. ...

Accession number
PML 7970-71
Creator
Gutch, John Mathew, 1776-1861.
Published
London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1847.
Notes
Dissertation upon the Morris dance and Maid Marian [by W. Hone]: v. 1, p. [301]-328; Dissertation on the ancient English Morris dance, by Francis Douce: v. 1, p. 329-365. Biographical notice of Joseph Ritson [with port.]: v. 2, p. [i]-xxii; Tunes to the Robin Hood ballads, ed. by Dr. Rimbault: v. 2, p. 433-447.
"Account of the various editions of the Lytell geste," Vol. I, p. 141-144.
A new version of [A lytell geste of Robin Hood] by the Rev. John Eagles ... Vol. I, p. 222-297.
Portrait of Ritson with his facsimile signature as frontispiece to vol. II.
Tipped in: several original drawings and proof engravings.
Description
2 v. : fronts., illus., plates ; 21 cm
Provenance
Autograph letters from John Matthew Gutch to the artist, F.W. Fairholt, once in a pocket in the back, transferred to Literary & Historical Mss. Dept (MA 4337).
Binding
Original green cloth.
Classification
Department