Wise_,
_Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to Thirty Copies_." The
signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of two leaves), B (a half-sheet of four
leaves), and C (a full sheet of eight leaves), each inset within the
other.
Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.5 x 6.875
inches.
Thirty Copies only were printed.
The Frontispiece is a reduced facsimile of the first page of the original
Manuscript of _Finnish Arts_, _or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure_.
_Contents_.
PAGE
FINNISH ARTS, OR, SIR THOR AND DAMSEL THURE. [_Sir Thor 7
was a knight of prowess tried_]
A reduced facsimile of the first page of the Manuscript
of _Finnish Arts_ will be found facing the present page.
A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TUNE. [_Who starves his wife_] 22
ODE FROM ANACREON. [_The earth to drink does not 24
disdain_]
LINES FROM THE ITALIAN. ["_Repent_, _O repent_!" _said a 25
Friar one day_]
A DRINKING SONG. [_O how my breast is glowing_] 26
There is a copy of _Finnish Arts_, _Or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure_ in the
Library of the British Museum. The Pressmark is C. 44. d. 38.
[Picture: Manuscript of Finnish Arts]
(49) [BROWN WILLIAM: 1913]
Brown William / The Power of the Harp / and / Other Ballads / By / George
Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.
Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 31; consisting of: Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with notice regarding the
American copyright upon the centre of the reverse) pp. 3-4; and Text of
the _Ballads_ pp. 5-31. There are head-lines throughout, each page being
headed with the title of the particular _Ballad_ occupying it. Upon the
reverse of p. 31 is the following imprint: "_London_ / _Printed for
Thomas J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to Thirty
Copies_." The signatures are A and B (two sheets, each eight leaves),
the one inset within the other.
Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.5 x 6.875
inches.
Thirty Copies only were printed.
_Contents_.
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