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english poetry18
ballads, english12
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romances4
folk songs, english2
old norse poetry1
songs, english1
songs, spanish1
spanish poetry1

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Percy, Thomas (1729-1811)18
Percy, Thomas4
Byrne, George3
Byrne, George (1791)3
Gilfillan, George (1813-1878)3
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin3
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1838-1917)3
Egill Skallagrimsson1
Egill Skallagrimsson (910-990)1
Eyvindr Skaldaspillir1

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Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, chiefly of the lyric kind, together with some few of a later date (v. 1)

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Byrne, George (1791)

1766

Edition: first issued: London, 1765 in 3 v. Dedication signed by Percy. Types used include: Black letter (e.g. v. 1, D\9); Anglo-Saxon (e.g. v. 1, O3\v; v. 3, a9\4). Signatures: v. 1, A³, B-N¹...

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Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, chiefly of the lyric kind, together with some few of a later date (v. 2)

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Byrne, George (1791)

1766

Edition: first issued: London, 1765 in 3 v. Dedication signed by Percy. Types used include: Black letter (e.g. v. 1, D\9); Anglo-Saxon (e.g. v. 1, O3\v; v. 3, a9\4). Signatures: v. 1, A³, B-N¹...

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Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, chiefly of the lyric kind, together with some few of a later date (v. 3)

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Byrne, George (1791)

1766

Edition: first issued: London, 1765 in 3 v. Dedication signed by Percy. Types used include: Black letter (e.g. v. 1, D\9); Anglo-Saxon (e.g. v. 1, O3\v; v. 3, a9\4). Signatures: v. 1, A³, B-N¹...

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Five pieces of runic poetry translated from the Islandic language

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Egill Skallagrímsson (910-990); Eyvindr Skáldaspillir (910-990); Harold III Harŏráŏi king of Norway (1015-1066)

1763

Head pieces. Prose translation. By Thomas Percy. Contents: Preface.--The incantation of Hervor.--The dying ode of Regner Lodbrog.--The ransome of Egill, the scald.--The funeral song of Hacon.--T...

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Ancient songs, chiefly on Moorish subjects

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Smith, David Nichol (1875-1962)

1932

"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...

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