RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY. PERCY. 1765. FIRST EDITION. VOL ONE ONLY.
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RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY" by THOMAS PERCY, BISHOP OF DROMORE. LONDON, DODSLEY, FIRST EDITION, 1765. VOLUME ONE ONL Y OF THREE. DISBOUND WITH FRONT IS ENGRAVING DETACHED. pp .xxiii + CONTENTS + 344 + ERRATA SLIP FOR THREE VOLUMES AT REAR . SOME LIGHT SPOTTING. A COPY OF THE FAMOU S BOOK OF HEROIC BALLADS AND SONGS COLLECTED BY PERCY AND HUGELY POPULAR IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTRY. THE DEDICATION WAS WRITTEN BY DR. JOHNSON. PERCY PROMOTED INTEREST IN THE OLDER POETRY AND WAS A HARBINGER OF THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT. CONTAINS THE BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE. *VOLUME ONE ONLY.*
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