Strange Histories: Consisting of Ballads and Other Poems. The Seven Sages of English Verse. Ancient Political Tracts of the Sixteenth Century; Follie's Anatomie: Or Satyres and Satyricall Epigrams; A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate
1841001514London: The Percy Society. Fair with no dust jacket. 1841. Cloth. Viii 76 pp. 116 pp. X 82 pp. Vii 70 pp. Xi 271 pp. Scarce collection of Percy Society reprints from 1841 1845 1842 1842 and 1841 respectively of works from the 1400s to the 1600s. All are hard to find some well nigh impossible it seems. Dark red buckram covers are worn at edges bumped at corners spine backstrip splitting at the joints and lifting spine gilt faded but legible spine tip frayed. Interior first title page is coming away at bottom gutter foxing throughout occasional light staining a very occasional pencil margin note. One or two small illustrations in Ancient Political Tracts. Binding is sturdy enough. Not beautiful but it will do especially for one this hard to find. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . The Percy Society hardcover
