Fairs, past and present : $b A chapter in the history of commerceWalford, Cornelius
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Fairs, past and present : $b A chapter in the history of commerce
Walford, Cornelius
Fairs
THE BALLADE OF THE SCOTTYSSHE KYNGE is the earliest known printed English
ballad; it was discovered under curious and interesting circumstances,
which are narrated in detail in the Introduction, and is here very
carefully facsimiled. A limited number of copies were issued in a
tasteful form for those collectors of ballads and connoisseurs of early
printing who desire to possess the work in the nearest shape to its
original form. It is accompanied by an Historical and Bibliographical
Introduction, giving an account of the various printed forms of the
incidents it records, with Illustrative Quotations from the more
important of them; also Notes from Contemporary History, elucidating the
events of the Ballad, and other information interesting to the Antiquary
and the Bibliographer.
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_In foolscap 4to, tastefully printed in Antique style, on Handmade Paper,
with rough edges, and bound in vellum of very beautiful pattern. 16s._
A NOBLE BOKE OF COOKRY
_ffor a Prynce houssolde or eny other estately houssolde_.
Reprinted Verbatim from a rare MS. in the Holkham Collection. With an
Introduction by Mrs. NAPIER. This very curious and interesting work is a
reproduction of a fourteenth century cookery book, containing numerous
recipes for dishes which were in common use at that period, many of which
are now obsolete; others are evidently the early counterparts of made
dishes of the present day. The work also furnishes a number of _menus_ of
great contemporary feasts, which throw much fresh light on the domestic
habits of our ancestors.
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_Printed on rough Handmade Paper similar to that of the original, and
bound in handsome contemporary vellum binding. £2 2s._
A FACSIMILE OF THE BOKE OF ST. ALBAN’S.
By DAME JULIANA BERNERS.
Containing the Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Heraldry.
Printed at St. Alban’s, by the Schoolmaster-Printer, in 1486. With an
Introduction by WILLIAM BLADES, Author of the ‘Life and Typography of
Caxton.’ This facsimile is faithfully reproduced by photography. The
interest and value of this reproduction are greatly enhanced by Mr.
BLADES’ Preface, which treats at length, in separate chapters, of the
Authorship, Typography, Bibliography, Subject-matter, and Philology of
the Work.
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_Printed on Handmade Paper of the same texture and colour at that on
which the first edition appeared, and the binding of contemporaneous
pattern on vellum. 18s._
THE TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE.
By DAME JULIANA BERNERS.
With an Introduction by Rev. M. G. WATKINS.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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