Shelfmark
Ib2.1.04
Author
Title
Ancient mysteries described, : especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testament story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of fools and asses, the English boy-bishop, the descent into hell, the lord mayor's show, the guildhall giants, Christmas carols, &c. / By William Hone. With engravings on copper and wood.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for William Hone, 45, Ludgate Hill., 1823.
Physical description
299 p., [3] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Note
With an engraved frontispiece.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Subject
English drama To 1500 History and criticism.
Subject
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English History and criticism.
Added entry--name
Hone, William, 1780 - 1842 publisher.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34970