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especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testament story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum : including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festival of fools and asses, the English boy bishop, the descent into hell,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

Main Author

Hone, William, 1780-1842.

Related Names

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for William Hone, 45, Ludgate Hill, 1823.

Subjects

English drama > English drama / To 1500 > English drama / To 1500 / History and criticism.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.

Note

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

[2], x, [11]-299, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.

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