This is the 8vo original wraps edition issued by Furnivall in 1868 of Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript perhaps as a way to market the less "loose" volumes.
Presented by the Editor.]
LOOSE AND HUMOUROUS SONGS.
EDITED BY
FREDERICK J. FURNIVALL, M.A.
OF TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE.
LONDON:
Printed by and for the Editor.
1868.
Bishop Percy's
Folio Manuscript
This long hidden MS., the foundation of the celebrated PERCY'S
RELiQUES, is printed in 4 Volumes (BALLADS and ROMANCES,
3 Vols.; LOOSE and HUMOROUS SONGS. 1 Vol.) of the following
sizes, and at the following Subscriptions:
£ s.
Large 4to., on Whatman's Best Ribbed Paper, made
expressly by Messrs. Balston of Maidstone for
this edition. (65 copies printed: 50 for Subscribers,
10 for Public Libraries, 5 for the Editors)................... 10 10
Extra Royal 8vo., on Whatman's Best Ribbed Paper.
(50 copies printed: 23 on sale).................................... 5 5
The following editions of the BALLADS and ROMANCES, 3 vols..
half-roan, cloth sides, are on sale to the public, through the Trade, at
the prices under-mentioned:
Extra Demy 8vo., on Whatman's Ribbed Paper. (250
copies printed: 75 on sale) ......................................... 3 15
Demy 8vo. (1,000 copies printed: 275 on sale)........... 2 2
Subscriptions should be sent, with Subscribers' Narnes, to P. J. Furnivall,
Esq.,
3 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C., Post Office Orders being made payable to him
at
the Chancery Lane Post Office, and Cheques to The Percy Manuscript Fund, crossed
' Union Bank, Chancery Lane.' Messrs. Trübner & Co. also receive Subscriptions.