Early English Poetry. [WRIGHT (Thomas) - editor].

£1,200.00

1. The Turnament of Totenham and the Feest. Two early Ballads printed from a Manuscript preserved in the Public Library of the University of Cambridge.

2. The Nutbrowne Maid. From the earliest Edition of Arnold's Chronicle.

3. The Tale of the Basyn and the Frere and the Boy. Two Early Tales of Magic Printed from the Manuscripts preserved in the Public Library of the University of Cambridge.

4. Songs and Carols. Printed from a Manuscript in the Sloane Collection in the British Museum.

Four volumes. 12mo. [143 x 108 x 36 mm]. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style quarter black, citron, brown and purple goatskin, with puce paper boards, plain endleaves, uncut edges. (Boards a little rubbed or faded). In later slipcase.
London: [printed by C. Whittingham for] William Pickering, 1836

Limited to 250 copies. Very good copies. Each has a pencil price of £20. Acquired with the Philip Sperling collection in 1997.

Stock no. ebc8244

1. The Turnament of Totenham and the Feest. Two early Ballads printed from a Manuscript preserved in the Public Library of the University of Cambridge.

2. The Nutbrowne Maid. From the earliest Edition of Arnold's Chronicle.

3. The Tale of the Basyn and the Frere and the Boy. Two Early Tales of Magic Printed from the Manuscripts preserved in the Public Library of the University of Cambridge.

4. Songs and Carols. Printed from a Manuscript in the Sloane Collection in the British Museum.

Four volumes. 12mo. [143 x 108 x 36 mm]. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style quarter black, citron, brown and purple goatskin, with puce paper boards, plain endleaves, uncut edges. (Boards a little rubbed or faded). In later slipcase.
London: [printed by C. Whittingham for] William Pickering, 1836

Limited to 250 copies. Very good copies. Each has a pencil price of £20. Acquired with the Philip Sperling collection in 1997.

Stock no. ebc8244