The Hountyng of the Chivyat / Richard Sheale

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Hountyng of the Chivyat / Richard Sheale

Entry/Object ID

2025.16.74

Description

Taken from MS. Ashmole 48, as dictated by Richard Sheale, a ballad singer from the reigns of Mary & Elizabeth. Early Modern English story of a dispute between a Scottish nobleman and an English one, in the Cheviot Hills. Covers have a rose design with small berries. Front cover has a woodblock print of a knight. Red endpapers. Quote at the front. Each page has text in a red frame with woodcut illustration. Unpaginated.

Collection

Howard Kistler

Dimensions

Height

34.5 cm

Width

25 cm

Parts

1 book

Book Details

Author

Richard Sheale

Illustrator

Nicholas Parry

Volume/Number/Issue

No 92 of 100

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Market Drayton

Country

England

Date Published

1981

Printer

Nicholas Parry

Place Printed

* Untyped Place Printed

Market Drayton

Country

England

Binding

Binding Type

Case binding

Notes

Also printed by Mary Parry