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A GUIDE TO READING OLD MANUSCRIPTS, RECORDS, &c.
Wright’s Court Hand Restored; or, Student’s Assistant in Reading Old Deeds, Charters, Records, &c. Half-morocco, 10s. 6d.
⁂ A New Edition, corrected, of an invaluable Work to all who have occasion to consult old MSS., Deeds, Charters, &c. It contains a Series of Facsimiles of old MSS. from the time of the Conqueror, Tables of Contractions and Abbreviations, Ancient Surnames, &c.
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OLD ENGLISH RELIGIOUS BALLADS AND CAROLS.
This day, in small 4to., with very beautiful floriated borders, in the Renaissance style.
Songs of the Nativity. An entirely New Collection of Old Carols, including some never before given in any collection. With Music to the more popular. Edited by W. H. HUSK, Librarian to the Sacred Harmonic Society. In charmingly appropriate cloth, gilt, and admirably adapted for binding in antique calf or morocco, 12s. 6d.
⁂ A volume which will not be without peculiar interest to lovers of Ancient English Poetry, and to admirers of our National Sacred Music. The work forms a handsome square 8vo., and has been printed with beautiful floriated borders by Whittingham & Wilkins. The Carols embrace the joyous and festive songs of the olden time, as well as those sacred melodies which have maintained their popularity from a period long before the Reformation.