Item #332138 Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, together with some few of later date / by Thomas Percy. Thomas Percy.

Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, together with some few of later date / by Thomas Percy

1866, 1st edition in this form. Leipzig : Tauchnitz. Finely bound set in half aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands, spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains particularly well-preserved set. Item #332138

Physical description: 3 v.; 16 cm. Notes: With an Essay on the ancient minstrels in England (v.1, p. [xxi]-cxi) and On the ancient metrical romances (v.2, p. 1-32). Subjects: Ballads, English; Texts. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700. Romances, English History and criticism. Minstrels. Ballads, English.

Price: €150.00

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