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Mysteries Described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on apocryphal New Testament story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows... with engravings on copper and wood.
London: Printed by William Hone, by J. McCreery, 1823. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, custom-bound in half polished vellum over marbleized board, gilt bands and red leather label to spine, matching marbleized endpapers, all edges stained red, x (3) 14 - 298 (2). illustrated with three plates, one foldout and two by George Cruikshank, title page in red & black, 2pp ads. The first issue with plate opposite p262 hand-colored. Boards a wee soiled, Foxing to prelims and title page, the rest remarkably bright. With the binder stamp of Minshull & Hughes, Chester. From the library of Egerton Leigh, with either his or hsi father's baronial bookplate. Leigh JP DL MP (1815 - 1876) was a British Army officer, landowner, antiquary and Conservative politician. Very Good. Item #013917
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