Robin Hood: . a collection of all the ancient poems, songs and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw: to which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.
Joseph Ritson (1752-1803)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126809
Summary
Bibliographic description
[v]-xxiv [i.e. lxxiv], 240p.. Not indigenous. Upper corner of preliminary blank leaf cut away, probably removing inscription. Provenance: Late nineteenth-century (?) yellow book label: Stephen Fitness (Not in Franks). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Webster Đ1/0/6. Binding: Nineteenth-century full red straight-grained morocco over boards; blind roll-tools, gilt fillets and gilt cornerpieces to form a border and central panel; gilt roll-tooled inner border; spine elaborately gilt, with title 'Robin Hood'; sewn on four raised bands.
Makers and roles
Joseph Ritson (1752-1803)