Scottish tragic ballads
Publisher: Printed by and for John Nichols
Published: 1781
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Description: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"> 8vo. pp. xxxvii, [1], 130. Signatures: a-b⁸ c⁴ ( -c4) B-I⁸ K1. Contains engraved title vignette.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Includes forged ballads, notably the spurious ‘second part’ of ‘Hardyknute,’ a mock ballad invented by Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw. This work was edited by John Pinkerton, who in his "Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print [...] 1786" (vol. 1, p. cxxviii-cxxxi; see Bib# 435598/Fr# 661 in this collection) admitted the authorship of the second part of Hardyknute and several of the other poems. Subsequently published in 1783 in 2 volumes, with additions, entitled ‘Select Scotish ballads’ (Bib# 4103149/Fr# 659). See also ESTC, T55178.
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