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Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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MORTE ARTHURE: The Alliterative Romance of the Death of King Arthur; now
first printed, from a Manuscript in the Library of Lincoln Cathedral.
Seventy-five Copies printed. 5l.
*** A very curious Romance, full of allusions interesting to the
Antiquary and Philologist. It contains nearly eight thousand lines.
II.
THE CASTLE OF LOVE: A Poem, by ROBERT GROSTESTE, Bishop of Lincoln; now
first printed from inedited MSS. of the Fourteenth Century. One Hundred
Copies printed. 15s.
*** This is a religious poetical Romance, unknown to Warton. Its
poetical merits are beyond its age.
III.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE, derived chiefly from Rare Books
and Ancient Inedited Manuscripts from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth
Century. Seventy-five Copies printed.
*** Out of print separately, but included in the few remaining complete
sets.
IV.
A NEW BOKE ABOUT SHAKESPEARE AND STRATFORD-ON-AVON, illustrated with
numerous woodcuts and facsimiles of Shakespeare's Marriage Bond, and other
curious Articles. Seventy-five Copies printed. 1l. 1s.
V.
THE PALATINE ANTHOLOGY. An extensive Collection of Ancient Poems and
Ballads relating to Cheshire and Lancashire: to which is added THE PALATINE
GARLAND. One Hundred and Ten Copies printed. 2l. 2s.
VI.
THE LITERATURE OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES, illustrated by
Reprints of very Rare Tracts. Seventy-five Copies printed. 2l. 2s.
CONTENTS:--Harry White his Humour, set forth by M. P.--Comedie of the
two Italian Gentlemen--Tailor's Travels from London to the Isle of
Wight, 1648--Wyll Bucke his Testament--The Booke of Merry Riddles,
1629--Comedie of All for Money, 1578--Wine, Beere, Ale, and Tobacco,
1630--Johnson's New Booke of New Conceits, 1630--Love's Garland, 1624.
VII.
THE YORKSHIRE ANTHOLOGY.--An Extensive Collection of Ballads and Poems,
respecting the County of Yorkshire. One Hundred and Ten Copies printed. 2l.
2s.
*** This Work contains upwards of 400 pages, and includes a reprint of
the very curious Poem, called "Yorkshire Ale," 1697, as well as a great
variety of Old Yorkshire Ballads.
VIII, IX.
A DICTIONARY OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS, printed in Two Volumes,
Quarto (Preface omitted), to range with Todd's "Johnson," with Margins
sufficient for Insertions. One Hundred and Twelve Copies printed in this
form. 2l. 2s.
X.
SOME ACCOUNT OF A COLLECTION OF SEVERAL THOUSAND BILLS, ACCOUNTS, AND
INVENTORIES, Illustrating the History of Prices between the Years 1650 and
1750, with Copious Extracts from Old Account-Books. Eighty Copies printed.
1l. 1s.
XI.
THE POETRY OF WITCHCRAFT, Illustrated by Copies of the Plays on the
Lancashire Witches, by Heywood and Shadwell, viz., the "Late Lancashire
Witches," and the "Lancashire Witches and Tegue o'Divelly, the Irish
Priest." Eighty Copies printed. 2l. 2s.
XII.
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