Item #460497 Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces : together with some few of later date [complete in four volumes]. Thomas Percy.

Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces : together with some few of later date [complete in four volumes]

London : S. Richards, 1823. Sixth Edition. Good copies all in full leather bindings; gilt tooling to boards and spines, now somewhat faded. Raised bands to the spine, and red leather labels (now lacking from volume 2). Boards with some scuffs and somewhat rubbed at the edges; spines worn with some crumbling slightly at the headbands. Text blocks tight and strong, showing only the faint and scattered foxing expected of age. Remains a well-preserved set overall. Item #460497

Physical description; complete in 4 volumes ; 17 cm. Notes; Contents: With an Essay on the ancient minstrels of England (volume 1, pages [17]-50) and an Essay on the ancient metrical romances (volume 3, pages 226-262). Subjects; Ballads, English. Songs, English. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700. Romances, English History and criticism. Minstrels.

Price: €185.00

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