1880 FOLIO JACKDAW OF RHEIMS Thomas INGOLDSBY Gothic MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATED
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Ye Jackdaw of Rheims
An Antient Ballads
By Thomas Ingoldsby
c1880 Folio Size
Ingoldsby's legend, artfully illustrated in the style of an illuminated manuscript by Ernest Maurice Jessop.Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England, novel...ist, and humorous poet. He was known better by his nom de plume Thomas Ingoldsby.
The best-known poem of the collection is the "Jackdaw of Rheims", about a jackdaw, who steals a cardinal's ring, and is made a saint. The village pub of Denton was renamed "The Jackdaw Inn" in 1963, after the story.
Publisher's quarter cloth, Folio, two colour printed paper covered bevelled boards. Printed on recto only tailpiece. Illustrated by Ernest M. Jessop and printed in two colours (grey-green or black and red). Chalked yellow endpapers
Author: Richard Harris Barham
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Edition: 1880
Attributes: Printed as a medieval manuscript in colour, illustrated to every page
Condition: Original publishers binding. a few dents to the outer margins of the boards. remnants of a sticker to the front boards upper corer marks to binding. all pages present, pages are DISBOUND (quite common with this copy as inside hinge is not strong enough to hold pages)
Information: 38cm x 28.8cm 18pp (unpaginated)
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