Single leaf broadside. Printed in two columns. Edges uncut. Browned and a trifle creased. A remarkably rare survival of a broadside featuring two ballads; the first, 'Liston's Drolleries', an amusing satirical song marvelling at contemporary technological and cultural advancements, including steam power, 'Safety lamps and Congreve rockets', and German Gothic literature: 'Valmondi, the Vampire, and Der Freischutz'. The second, 'Young Donald of Dundee', popular Scottish air telling of a marriage that is not to be, is far more maudlin in tone. OCLC records a single copy (NLS); COPAC adds no further. Size: Dimensions 170 x 250 mm. Seller Inventory # AQ25574

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Title: [Drop-head title:] Liston's Drolleries.---...

Publisher: Pitts, Printer, [s.d., between 1819 and 1844], [London]

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Established 2007, Antiquates Ltd is an Antiquarian bookseller with a large, custom built shop in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We sell fine and rare books from our Wareham shop, in catalogues, and via our website (www.antiquates.co.uk). Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children, we nevertheless stock a wide range of works on paper from 1500-present - including modern first editions. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy; we are just the place if you're looking for an extra-special gift for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation. (Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm)

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The Conifers, Valley Road, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5HU, United Kingdom

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