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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 ..

Uniform Title
Reliques of ancient English poetry
Title
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 ...
Published
London : Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1765.
Physical Description
3 v., [2] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Local Notes
BEIN 1985 4: Imperfect: Errata and advertisement wanting; p. 213-214 of v. 3 bound in between p. 330 and 331. Armorial bookplate: Francis Fox Tuckett.
BEIN Osborn pc174: Imperfect: Errata and advertisement wanting. Autograph: Cleanth Brooks, Coll. Exon., Oxon., 1932. Bookplate: Cleanth Brooks. Binder's stamp: Bayntun, binder, Bath, Eng.
BEIN Osborn pc45: Imperfect: Leaf with Advertisement and To the binder wanting. Armorial bookplate: James Hogg. Presentation inscription: To the Revd. Mr. Warton these volumes are presented by the editor as a sincere, tho' trifling mark of his respect. Autographs: T. Warton; T. Park. Ms. verse tipped onto fly-leaf of v.1.
BEIN Ib57 t765 copy 1: Autograph: Auckland. Bookplate: Lord Auckland.
BEIN Ib57 t765 copy 2: Autograph: John Broadley.
BEIN 1977 2919: Thomas Percy's copy with his ms. notes for the 2d ed. Autograph: Harriet I. Roundell Gledstone, 1885.
BEIN Tinker 1662: Imperfect: Half-title of v.2 wanting. Armorial bookplate: Mary Nisbet. Bookplate: Chauncey Brewster Tinker.
BEIN Osborn pc 173: Bookplate: Cleanth Brooks.
Notes
First ed.
Title vignettes; head and tail pieces.
A ballad entitled "George Barnwell" and paged [225]-[240] inserted between pages 224 and 225 of v. 3.
Cancel: v. 2, N7; v. 3, P2 signed Q2.
Vol. I has "Vol. III", and vol. 3 has "Vol. I" throughout in signature titles - cf. L. F. Powell, Percy's Reliques, in The Library, 4th ser., v. 9, Sept. 1928, p. [113]-137.
Dedication by Samuel Johnson (see Fleeman).
"Additions and corrections.": p. 332-346 of v.3.
Includes an errata leaf and leaf with an Advertisement and directions to the binder.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Courtney & Smith. Johnson, p. 111
Fleeman, J.D. Johnson, 65.2PR/1
Tinker Library, 1662
English short title catalogue, T84936
Genre/Form
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Binders' stamps (Binding) - Bayntun.
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