Antique 1907 THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS w/AMAZING COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Arthur Rackham
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Antique 1907 THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS w/AMAZING COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Arthur Rackham:
$99.00
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Up for sale is an ANTIQUE 1907 version of
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
or MIRTH & MARVELS
BY: THOMAS INGOLDSBY ESQ.
ILLUSTRATED BY: ARTHUR RACKHAM
LONDON - J.M. DENT & CO.
NEW YORK - E.P. DUTTON & CO.
.1907.
This is a 1st edition of this amazing version which includes additional illustrations and color illustrations that have been reworked and specially colored! Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 24 color plates tipped onto olive paper stock, 12 tinted plates, and 66 text drawings.
It measures approximately 10 ⅛ x 8 x 2”. The cover and page edges shows some wear, while the pages inside have remained in quite good condition with very minimal soiling and foxing. It is overall in great condition. Please view the photos for additional details and the most accurate description of its condition.
The Ingoldsby Legends is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham.
The legends were first printed during 1837 as a regular series in the magazine Bentley\'s Miscellany and later in New Monthly Magazine. The legends were illustrated by John Leech, George Cruikshank, and Sir John Tenniel. They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published in 1840, 1842 and 1847 by Richard Bentley. They remained popular during the 19th century but have since become little known. An omnibus edition was published in 1870: The Ingoldsby Legends; or Mirth and marvels.
As a priest of the Chapel Royal, Barham was not troubled with strenuous duties and he had ample time to read and compose stories. Although based on real legends and mythology, such as the \"hand of glory\", they are mostly deliberately humorous parodies or pastiches of medieval folklore and poetry.
The collection contains one of the earliest transcriptions of the song A Franklyn\'s Dogge, an early version of the modern children\'s song Bingo. Other than this, the best-known poem of the collection is the Jackdaw of Rheims about a jackdaw who steals a cardinal\'s ring and is made a saint.
It has been discussed at length that the oldest documented usage of the phrase \"two shakes of a lamb\'s tail\" can be found within this compilation of Barham\'s works. Evidences of this are found within the chapters The Babes In The Wood; Or, The Norfolk Tragedy (p. 344), A Row In An Omnibus (Box): A Legend Of The Haymarket (p. 359), and The Lay Of St Aloys: A Legend Of Blois (p. 380). (See external links below for full text download.) This phrase has been attributed more modern-day importance since nuclear scientists during WWII coined a new unit of measure termed a \"Shake\", originally related to the Manhattan Project.
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Antique 1907 THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS w/AMAZING COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Arthur Rackham:
$99.00