Reliques of ancient English poetry: . consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date. ...
Dr Thomas Percy (1729-1811) Bishop of Dromore
Category
Books
Date
1765
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 3167549
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v.,plate . ill..,engr.music . 8vo. The ‘George Barnwell’ ballad is not inserted as called for in 500 note; nor is there any sign of the “reprinted” leaves. Provenance: Ms. initials on each volume: T: L: C: [i.e. Thomas Lobb (1721-1790), who assumed the name Thomas Lobb Chute on inheriting The Vyne in 1776]. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter calf; marbled paper sides; red spine labels with title ‘Percy’s Ballads’.
Makers and roles
Dr Thomas Percy (1729-1811) Bishop of Dromore