The Hermit of Warkworth, 1771
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Author: [Percy, Thomas]
Title: The Hermit of Warkworth, A Northumberland Ballad, in Three Fits or Cantos
Place Published: London
Publisher:T. Davies
Date Published: 1771
Description:
Author: [Percy, Thomas]
Title: The Hermit of Warkworth, A Northumberland Ballad, in Three Fits or Cantos
Place Published: London
Publisher:T. Davies
Date Published: 1771
Description:
viii, 52 pp. Engraved vignette on title page, woodcut head- and tailpieces. (4to) 27.4x21.5 cm (10¾x8½"), full speckled calf lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands, Second Edition.
Thomas Percy was Bishop of Dromore, County Down, Ireland. Before being made bishop, he was chaplain to George III. Percy's greatest contribution is considered to be his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765), the first of the great ballad collections, which was the one work most responsible for the ballad revival in English poetry that was a significant part of the Romantic movement.
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Light rubbing with a few small abrasions, boards slightly bowed; dampstaining to endpapers, front free endpaper trimmed roughly with a bit of worming; light ripple to leaves, light foxing; very good overall.
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