Reliques of Ancient English Poetry / Thomas Percy

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry / Thomas Percy

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.182

Description

610 pages, plus 18 pages advertising for publisher's cheap book series. Frontis. Inferior paper and printing- text pages are browned and brittle.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Ballads, 1890s, Early modern

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

4-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

Thomas Percy

Editor

Robert Aris Willmott

Illustrator

Edward Corbould

Publisher

G. Routledge and Sons

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

circa 1890

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Cheap Book Production

Binding Notes

Bound in dark brown cloth with very attractive art nouveau gilt stamping to the spine - the only decoration. Brown floral endpapers.

Notes

No publication date. Pencil note on flyleaf: "Circa 1860."