Ancient mysteries described :
especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testament story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum : including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festival of fools and asses, the English boy bishop, the descent into hell, the lord mayor's show, the guild hall giants, Christmas carols, &c. /
by William Hone ; with engravings on copper and wood.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Printed for William Hone, 45, Ludgate Hill, 1823.
- Note
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Bound in printed publisher's boards.
This is a later reprint (1860?) dated 1823, which Cohn calls valueless.
Includes two plates by George Cruikshank.
Last page blank.
- Physical Description
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[2], x, [11]-299, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) :
ill. ;
23 cm.
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