The Ingoldsby legends : a gallimaufry / selected and edited, with notes & an afterword, by Crispin Elsted ; original illustrations engraved by the Brothers Dalziel in London, circa 1870, from drawings by J.L.R. and here first published, printed from the wood.
Publisher:
Barbarian Press,
Copyright Date:
MMXV 2015
Description:
165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 hardcover folder with illustrations on sheets
Poems. "The actual author of these pieces was Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845), an English classical scholar, novelist, writer of light humorous verse, and priest in the Church of England."--Publisher's website. Illustrations mounted. Errata slip tipped in at end. 90 copies for sale, "of these, 45 copies comprise the Standard, and 45 the Deluxe state ...The book was designed and the type hand-set by Crispin Elsted, with assistance from Jan Elsted, who also printed the book. Alanna Simenson bound the edition at the Mad Hatter Bookbinding Co. in Sooke, British Columbia, the Standard copies in quarter deep red silk, the Deluxe in quarter natural calf, both with printed paper sides"--Colophon. Library copy is 43/45 in the Deluxe edition. IaU "This is the forty-third book from the press"--Colophon. IaU
Contents:
The Jackdaw of Rheims -- Netley Abbey: a legend of Hampshire -- The lay of S. Aloys: a legend of Blois -- The legend of Hamilton Tighe -- A lay of S. Gengulphus -- The lay of the old woman clothed in grey -- The bagman's dog: Mr Peter's story -- The Ingoldsby penance: a legend of Palestine -- and West Kent.
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