Ancient mysteries described, especially the English miracle plays, : founded on apocryphal New Testament story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of fools and asses - the English boy-bishop - the descent into hell - the Lord Mayor's show - the Guildhall giants - Christmas carols, &c. / By William Hone. With engravings on copper and wood.
William Hone (1780-1842)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3131006
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], x, 13-300 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 8vo. Unnumbered contents leaf bound after p. x. Final page of index numbered 298, followed by single publisher's advertisement leaf with separate pagination. Plate of "The giants in Guildhall" hand-coloured, mis-bound (facing p. 264 not 262). Bookseller's pencil notes on front free endpaper verso: "1st Edn. / uncut / 12/6 / 571". Provenance: Nineteenth-century seal armorial bookplate (not in Franks): 'Herbert Henry Raphael' [i.e. Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt. (1859-1924)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full polished calf; gilt stamped cornerpieces: flowers; sewn onto five recessed cords; five false bands; green spine label, gilt lettered: 'Ancient mysteries / Hone.'; gilt stamped flowers in spine compartments; gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
William Hone (1780-1842), author