Accession number
PML 9041-43
Published
London, N. Trübner, 1867-1868.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
Vol. 2 in 2 pts., each pt. having special t.p.
From the 17th century ms. on which Bishop Percy based his Reliques of ancient English poetry, 1765; now British Museum Additional ms. 27879.
Some ballads in the ms. were omitted from this work and published separately under title: Loose and humorous songs.
PML copy is on large paper.
From the 17th century ms. on which Bishop Percy based his Reliques of ancient English poetry, 1765; now British Museum Additional ms. 27879.
Some ballads in the ms. were omitted from this work and published separately under title: Loose and humorous songs.
PML copy is on large paper.
Description
3 volumes : facsimile ; 22 cm
Provenance
Theodore Irwin, purchased from E.G. Asay, Dec. 1881; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
Gilt-tooled red morocco by Francis Bedford.
Classification
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