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Ancient songs and ballads, from the reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution / collected by Joseph Ritson.

Accession number
PML 9156-57
Creator
Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803.
Published
London : Printed for Payne and Foss, by T. Davison, 1829.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
"Observations on the ancient English minstrels" and "Dissertation on the songs, music, and vocal and instrumental performance, of the ancient English" : v. 1, p. [i]-xcvi.
First published in 1790 under title: Ancient songs, from the time of King Henry the Third, to the Revolution.
Edited by the compiler's nephew, Joseph Frank, who has included ballads from Ritson's Select collection of English songs, 1783.
Description
2 v. 20 cm
Provenance
From the Theodore Irwin collection.
Binding
Brown morocco.
Classification
Department