Lists of ballads, broadsheets and chapbooks, copied, circa 1818, from Joseph Ritson’s transcript of ‘a large sheet in ye folio of Old Balads belonging to the British Museum’, and from other sources., [Circa 1818.]
Scope and Contents
At the beginning is, ‘An index to the Miscellany Collection of a great number of ... (mostly Scots) Ballads & songs with other verses & poems both pious historical & jococe. The whole composed by diverse Scots & English poets’, in an early 18th century hand.
At the end is a printed list of juvenile works published by J Harris, St Paul’s Churchyard, 1817.
Dates
- Creation: [Circa 1818.]
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
57 Leaves ; Folio.
Arrangement
ii + 55 folios.
Custodial History
The manuscript was formerly in the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Arms of Joseph Haslewood stamped on the inside of the front cover.
Bibliography
Repository Details
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