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POPULAR RHYMES & NURSERY TALES OF ENGLAND
The Bodley Head. 1970. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 277 pages. Illustré de dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte (bandeaux). Jaquette abîmée.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Collected by J. Orchard Halliwell. Decorations by Maureen ROFFEY. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
The Percy Society. Three publications bound in one
London T. Richards for the Percy Society 1843
An attractive volume of Percy Society tracts bound together. Half leather with black label and gilt titles. Marbled boards. Contains; Edward F. Rimbault (Editor). Cock Lorrell's Bote: A Satirical Poem. From an unique copy printed by Winkyn de Worde. No 30 of the Percy Society's publications. Feb. 1843. Original paper cover (quite darkened and stained). The rest is in very good condition. 15 pages. James Orchard Halliwell (Editor). Westward for Smelts, an early Collection of Stories. Number 78 of the Percy Society's publications. September 1848. Cover, half title, title, list of Percy Society patrons, preface, original title, introduction, 63 pages. A little darkening but overall in very good condition. Edward F. Rimbault. A knight's Conjuring: Done in earnest, discovered in Jest by Thomas Dekker from the original tract printed in 1607. Percy Society publication number 21. May 1842. Original paper covers, half title, title, list of Percy Society patrons, preface, original title, introduction, xvi, vi, 100 pages. A little darkening to the title, otherwise in very good condition. 200 x 130 mm (7Ÿ x 5 inches). The Percy Society was a short lived British text publication society. It was founded in 1840 and collapsed in 1852. The Society was a scholarly collective, aimed at publishing limited-edition books of rare poems and songs. The president was Lady Braybrooke, and the twelve founding members of the committee included John Payne Collier, Thomas Crofton Croker, Thomas Wright, James Orchard Halliwell (treasurer), Charles Mackay, Edward Francis Rimbault (secretary) and William Chappell. Later members included William Sandys, and Robert Bell.
A Dictionnary of ARchaic and Provincial Words, obsolete phrases, proverbs, and ancient customs from the XIV century.
London, Reeves and Turner, London, Reeves and Turner1889 ; 2 volumes in-8°, cartonnage éditeur - XXXVI, 480 pp; - 2 ff puis 481 à 960 pp. Ce dictionnaire fait avec beaucoup d'érudition est un instrument indispensable pour tous ceux qui s'occupent de l'ancienne littérature anglaise. Duplessis 869
