A Select Collection of English Songs. In Three Volumes

, Volume I, lxxii, 264 pages. Volume II, 342 pages. Volume III, [192] pages, illustrated with frontispiece, 3 vignette title pages and16 illustrated head and tailpieces. Contains sections on Love songs, Drinking songs, Ancient Ballads, National Songs. The third volume contains music for the songs in Volume I, finely bound First Editions , rebound, corners and joints lightly rubbed, fading to spine, light occasional foxing, neat inscription to prelim of Volume I and half title of Volume II, very good condition , half calf and marbled boards, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, gilt lettering on red morocco title label to spine, coloured endpapers, full yellow edges , small octavo, 18 cm x 12 cm Hardback ISBN.