Fairy Tales, Now First Collected: To Which are Prefixed Two Dissertations: On Pygmies, On Fairies
hardcover
1831 · London
by RITSON, Joseph
London: Payne and Foss, 1831. hardcover. very good(-). 207pp., 8vo, original blind-stamped cloth; (outer hinge chipped, spine ends bumped, inner hinge weak), internally fine. London: Payne and Foss, 1831. Very good (-). A posthumous collection of old songs, ballads and essays from this English antiquary and lawyer, known for his eccentric and often rude manners. Ritson set his manuscripts on fire and later went mad, dying in confinement. (Inventory #: 121189)