Ancient Spanish ballads
Subtitle: historical and romantic
By: translated, with notes, by J. G. Lockhart; with numerous illustrations from drawings by William Allan, David Roberts, William Simson, Henry Warren, C.E. Aubrey, and William Harvey. The borders and ornamental vignettes by Owen Jones.
Contributors: Jones, Owen, 1809-1874.; Vizetelly and Co.; Clarke & Bedford; Remnant & Edmonds
Edition: New ed. rev.
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1841
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Lockhart, J. G. -- 1794-1854.; Ballads, Spanish; Folk songs, Spanish
Other titles: Lockhart's Spanish ballads
Notes: Added illustrated t.p.

Introduction dated 1823.

Chromolithographed half titles; wood engraved plates, and borders and initials in the text, are printed in two colours.

Inking of chromolithographed plates differs in some copies.

Printer's imprint: Vizetelly & Co.

MASS copy 1: With the bookplates of Ruari McLean and the Constitutional Club Library. Bound in red morocco tooled in gold, with yellow and brown onlays. Bound by Clarke & Bedford.

MASS copy 2: With one half title bound upside down. With the hand-coloured decorative inscription of Frances Mellish White. Bound in red leather blocked in gold, with patterned endpapers. With 8 pages of publisher's advertisements dated 1841 at end.

MASS copy 3: With presentation inscription from Ruari McLean to Fiannach Jardine. With the bookplate of C.J. Peacock. Bound in half leather and marbled-paper covered boards.

MASS copy 4: With the bookplate of William Herrick. Bound in beige morocco tooled in gold, with plaid patterned endpapers.

MASS copy 5: A later issue, as noted by the publisher. Issued with Biographical sketch of the late John Gibson Lockhart ([14] p., [1] leaf of  plates : port) dated 1855, bound before the main text. Bound in red fine ribbed-grain cloth blocked in gold, in the same design as copy 2, with the same patterned endpapers and 8 pages of advertisements as copy 2. Binder's ticket: Remnant & Edmonds.