Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Vol. II. Part 1. Ballads, Catalogue. Part 2. Ballads, Indexes. TWO VOLUMES

WEINSTEIN, Helen and Robert Latham (General editor)

Verlag: D. S. Brewer, Suffolk, Eng, 1994

Beschreibung

First Edition. large quarto, boards; cloth. lxii, (426), (vi)pp.; (xxiv), (184)pp. D. S. Brewer, Pepys' ballad collection is the largest surviving collection of English ballads printed in London in the seventeenth century, and is an outstanding source for English popular culture of the period. collection, already available in facsimile form, are now properly accessible. Ballads: i. Catalogue provides a full bibliographical history of each ballad; ii. Indexes and Listsorganises and presents information on the ballads, classified as titles, tunes, music, first lines, refrains,authors, licenses, printers/publishers/imprints, and watermarks.The second part of the catalogue consists of the indexes. Titles and sub-titles are indexed together, as these are often interchangeable. First lines and refrains provide text indexes; tunes and music are a guide to the musical element; and imprints, licensing information and authors enable the printing history to be reconstructed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10280

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene ...

Verlag: D. S. Brewer, Suffolk, Eng

Erscheinungsdatum: 1994

Einband: large quarto, boards; cloth

Auflage: First Edition.