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Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date.

Accession number
PML 130063-65
Creator
Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811.
Published
London : Printed for J. Dodsley ..., 1765.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Pagination: v. 1: [iii]-xxiii, [5], 344 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], iii, [1], 384 [i.e. 368] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [2]-224, [225-240], 225-346 p.
First edition, without the errata leaf at end of v. 1.
Cancel: v. 2, N7; v. 3, P2 signed Q2.
In v. 2, pagination error omits numbers 113-128.
In v. 3, a ballad entitled "George Barnwell" is inserted between p. 224 and 225; it is numbered in brackets, [225-240].
Music, 1 leaf at end of v. 2.
Dedication signed by Percy.
Much of the preface is attributed to Samuel Johnson (see Courtney & Smith).
Frontispiece drawn by Wale and engraved by Grignion.
Description
3 v. : ill. (engraved music) ; 18 cm.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Earl of Breadalbane (bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Tan speckled calf, gold-tooled spine.
Classification
Department