[Rarebooks] FS: Ritson's "English Songs" 3 vols. London: 1783

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[Ritson, Joseph]. A SELECT COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SONGS. In Three Volumes. 
London: Printed for J. Johnson. 1783. First edition. Sm. 8vo. 3 vols. 
(2),xiv,lxxii,(2),264;(6),342;(4),(304),(32)pp. Indices. Illustrated with an engraved 
frontis., 16 engraved text vignettes (7 of them attributed to William Blake), and 
304pp. of printed music in Vol. III. Cont. calf, a bit scuffed, red calf 
spine labels. Front hinge of Vol. III cracked but still holding. Front free 
endpapers of Vols. I & II clipped. Some inked notations and corrections in a modern 
hand. An earlier hand has numbered the pages of Vol. III and added an index of 
composers on the rear free endpaper. Volume III with an inscription by one R. 
Richmond stating that the set was given to him by his friend Joseph Ritson in 
1788.     $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Bentley. BLAKE BOOKS #491.

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