2024-01 Raynors Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/21/2024
Document Signed, "Eugene Field" on subscription for for "Two small paper copies of your intended reprint of Ritson's 'Ancient English Metrical Romances". Ancient English Metrical Romanceës (1802) is a collection of Middle English verse romances edited by the antiquary Joseph Ritson; it was the first such collection to be published. The book appeared to mixed reviews and very poor sales, but it continued to be consulted well into the 20th century by scholars, and is considered "a remarkably accurate production for its day"
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