Old English carols
Subtitle: set to music traditional and original
Publisher: Alexander Shapcott, 50 & 53 Rathbone Place
Published: 1875
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: English Carols; English Illumination of books and manuscripts; Gothic Illumination of books and manuscripts
Notes: "The borders and initial letters founded upon the style of illuminated mss. of the 13th century"--Page iii.

Introduction signed: A.E.G.

Title page is chromolithographed. The design is repeated on the next plate, without text or color. The 12 remaining plates contain the text and music of the carols, printed in red and black, within an illuminated border (one printed in colors, the rest in black and white intended to be colored by the reader). Introduction contains "practical hints upon colouring."
Table of contents: title: The boar's head; title: The Angel Gabriel; title: In Bethlehem; title: The holly and the ivy; title: The first noël; title: A babe is born; title: The cherry tree carol; title: When Christ was born; title: A sunny bank; title: Come, rejoice; title: The holy well.