Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw
(Ritson, Joseph)
London: Longman, Hurst, et al,, 1820. Early Edition 12mo. xii,lxxiv,240pp. Glossary. The first one volume edition, preceded by the crown octavo two volume edition of 1795. Binding attributed to Thomas Gosden Full straight-grain green morocco with an ornamental border of gilt and blind tooling on the boards; spine in 5 uneven compartments, gilt, with gilt vignettes of a fiddler, a stag, and Robin's hat and arrows. Vignette on the title page. All edges gilt. Binding rubbed and faded but firm. This binding is a very attractive specimen of Gosden's style Very good Hardcover (Item ID: 17367)
$500.00