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Ancient songs, chiefly on Moorish subjects

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Type of record: Book

Title: Ancient songs, chiefly on Moorish subjects

Level: Item

Classmark: Large English K-40 PER

Creator(s): Percy, Thomas (1729-1811)

Additional creator(s): Smith, David Nichol (1875-1962) (Other)

Publisher: Printed by J. Johnson for H. Milford at the Oxford University Press,... London

Publication city: Oxford

Date(s): 1932

Language: English

Size and medium: xviii, 56 pages, 2 l

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/233135

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012768269705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

"250 copies have been printed... of which 230 copies are for sale."


This work was to have been published by S. Leacroft, London, in 1775. "[Percy] procured designs for an engraved title-page and for a frontispiece, as well as smaller illustrations; and he saw most of the text in proof... Why the book was not completed we can only surmise." cf. p. [v]-vi.


"Alcanzor and Zayda" and "The Moorish bull feast", included also in Percy's "Reliques", are in English only; the other ballads are in Spanish and English.


Contents: El armamento del Moro. The Moor's equipment.--El Moro alcayde. The Moor alcaidy.--La vengança del Moro. The Moor's revenge.--Rio verde, rio verde. Gentle river, gentle river.--Alcanzor and Zayda.--The Moorish bull feast.--El marinero de amor. The mariner of love.--Notes.

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No.178 of an edition limited to 250 copies

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