This most amusing work, introducing the reader to a curious chapter
of our social history, gives an interesting account, replete with
anecdotes, of the most popular and widely known pastime which has
ever been invented by man for his amusement. A more instructive and
entertaining book could not be taken in hand for a pleasant hour’s
reading.
Two Vols. royal 8vo, handsomely printed, £2 8s.
=Ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance= TUNES of the Olden Time,
illustrative of the National Music of England, with Introductions
to the different Reigns, and Notices of the Airs from Writers of
the Sixteenth Century; also a Short Account of the Minstrels, by W.
CHAPPELL, F.S.A.
This interesting work forms the largest and most complete collection of
Ancient British Ballads and Songs ever published. The words are from
the original old copies, and the addition of the Old Tunes to which
they were formerly sung is an interesting and most curious feature.
Several facsimiles adorn the work.
Preparing for publication, fcap. 8vo, beautifully printed,
=Old English Ballads, relating to New= England, the Plantations, and
other Parts of North America; with Ancient Poetical Squibs on the
Puritans and the Quakers who emigrated there; now first collected from
the original excessively rare Broadsides sold in the streets at the
time, and edited with Explanatory Notes. _Illustrated with facsimiles
of the very singular woodcuts which adorn the original Songs and
Ballads._
Preparing for publication, beautifully printed, post 8vo, half morocco,
Roxburghe style,
=Garland of Pepysian Ballads, Historical=, ROMANTIC, and HUMOROUS, some
illustrating Shakespere, edited by EDWARD F. RIMBAULT, Esq., LL.D.
It is well known that the unfortunate regulation imposed by Pepys, the
celebrated diarist, that his Manuscripts and Books should never be
examined save in the presence of a Fellow of the College at Cambridge
where they are preserved, has hitherto alone prevented the collecting
and publishing some of the more interesting of these world-renowned
Ballads and Songs. The difficulty, however, has been surmounted by
Dr. Rimbault, aided by the authorities of Magdalene College; and the
lovers of our charming old popular poetry will be glad to know that
a _Garland_ of these Balladian ditties is in course of publication.
The work will be preceded by an Introduction on Ballad Lore, Ballad
Writers, and Ballad Printers, giving some new and interesting
particulars gathered from “old bookes,” and other sources, hitherto
unexplored. The publisher would state that the work will be beautifully
printed by Whittingham, and that it will be adorned by a curious
woodcut facsimile frontispiece.
Nearly ready, in small 4to, half morocco, very neat,
An hitherto unknown Poem, written by John Bunyan, whilst confined in
Bedford Jail, for the Support of his Family, entitled,
=Profitable Meditations, Fitted to Man’s= DIFFERENT CONDITION; in a
Conference between Christ and a Sinner. By JOHN BUNYAN, Servant to the
Lord Jesus Christ.
_London: Printed for Francis Smith at the Sign of the Elephant and
Castle without Temple Bar, 1661_
This very interesting, though melancholy literary memorial of the
Author of the celebrated Pilgrim’s Progress, will be choicely reprinted
by Whittingham, from the only known copy lately discovered by the
publisher. It will be edited, with an Introduction by George Offor,
Esq. The impression will be limited.
Now ready, price 5s.
=Magna Charta. An Exact Facsimile of= the Original Document, preserved
in the British Museum, very carefully drawn, and printed on fine plate
paper, nearly 3 feet long by 2 feet wide, with the ARMS AND SEALS OF
THE BARONS ELABORATELY EMBLAZONED IN GOLD AND COLOURS.