THE BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH SONGS AND BALLADS. Illustrated in colour by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

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FIRST EDITION. 4to. 11 x 8.25 inches. 198 + [1] pp. Title page in red and black. Bound in original decorated green cloth, gilt, with red titles on front board. Spine a little faded, edges and flyleaves browned and occasional spotting in margins; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 24 tipped in colour plates, including frontispiece, mounted on captioned grey paper with lower corner vignettes. Decorated by title page vignette. A collection of English songs, folk songs, poems and ballads. Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945) was a talented artist and painter, working in the Pre-Raphaelite tradition, and was well known for her book illustrations. POETRY ANTHOLOGIES POETRY COLLECTIONS ILLUSTRATED 20TH CENTURY POETRY. N° de ref. del artículo 28293

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