Old Ballads. Historical and Narrative, with some of modern date; collected from rare copies and mss. by Thomas Evans; A New Edition, revised and considerably enlarged from public and private collections by his son R. H. Evans [Half title: Forming a Supplement to Percy's Reliques and Ellis's Specimens of Antient Poetry] in 4 volumes

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London: Privately printed, 1810. In original green stamped cloth. 4 volumes. Scarce. Good, quite crisp and square. Some wear at head and heel and left side of spine of volume 1. Hinges are starting but sound. Paper and text are very good. EVANS, THOMAS (1742?1784), bookseller, was born in 1742. He opened a shop in the Strand, where he published a quantity of works on English literature and antiquities, many edited by himself. His chief literary undertaking was an excellent collection of old ballads, of which a third edition was revised and published by his son, R. H. Evans. With Mervyn Marshall heraldic bookplate (Charles Hall Crouch collection of heraldic bookplates at the Society of Antiquaries of London.) And the modern bookplate of George Clinton Fairchild Williams (1857 ? 1933) an American medical doctor, genealogist, and historian who served as president of the Connecticut Historical Society from 1919 to 1922 and 1926 to 1934. Due to size or weight, this item may require additional postage for international or priority shipping.

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Titel

Old Ballads. Historical and Narrative, with some of modern date; collected from rare copies and mss. by Thomas Evans; A New Edition, revised and considerably enlarged from public and private collections by his son R. H. Evans [Half title: Forming a Supplement to Percy's Reliques and Ellis's Specimens of Antient Poetry] in 4 volumes

Verlag

Printed for R. H. Evans

Erscheinungsjahr

1810

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

Third edition.

Zustand

Good

Gewicht

80 Unzen