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Observations on popular antiquities : including the whole of Mr. Bourne's Antiquitates vulgares, with addenda to every chapter of that work : as also an appendix containing such articles on the subject as have been omitted by that author /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brand, John, 1744-1806
Corporate Author: Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Authors: Saint, Thomas, 1738-1788 (Printer), Bourne, Henry, 1696-1733, Beilby, Ralph, ǂd 1743 or 1744-1817, ǂe engraver. ǂ1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrcqKhmrfXm9kdJDMXcfq
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Castle upon Tyne : Printed by T. Saint for J. Johnson, no. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, London, 1777.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Social life and customs > Early works to 1800.
Christian antiquities > Early works to 1800.
Folklore > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Holidays > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Folklore > Grande-Bretagne > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Folklore
Holidays
Manners and customs
Great Britain
Early works
Leather bindings (Binding) > England > 18th century.
Publishers' advertisements > Great Britain > 18th century.
Integral errata lists (Printing) > England > 18th century.
Signing irregularities (Printing) > England > 18th century.
Description
Item Description:With added title page: Antiquitates vulgares, or, The antiquities of the common people ... / by Henry Bourne ... Newcastle: Printed by J. White for the author, MDCCXXV [1725].
With title page vignette, signed: R. Beilby sculp.
Signatures: pi²( -pi1) a⁸ b² B-2E⁸.
Leaf 2D2 is wrongly signed as 2D3.
Errata on recto of final leaf.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Includes index.
Physical Description:xvii, [1], xvii-xix, [1], 430 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm (8vo)