Written by John Skelton, Poet Laureate to King Henry 8th.
Reproduced in Facsimile,—With an Historical and Bibliographical Introduction by John Ashton.
The Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge is the earliest known printed English ballad; it was discovered under curious and interesting circumstances, which are narrated in detail in the Introduction, and is here very carefully facsimiled. A limited number of copies were issued in a tasteful form for those collectors of ballads and connoisseurs of early printing who desire to possess the work in the nearest shape to its original form. It is accompanied by an Historical and Bibliographical Introduction, giving an account of the various printed forms of the incidents it records, with Illustrative Quotations from the more important of them; also Notes from Contemporary History, elucidating the events of the Ballad, and other information interesting to the Antiquary and the Bibliographer.
In foolscap 4to, tastefully printed in Antique style, on Handmade Paper, with rough edges, and bound in vellum of very beautiful pattern. 16s.
A NOBLE BOKE OF COOKRY
ffor a Prynce houssolde or eny other estately houssolde.
Reprinted Verbatim from a rare MS. in the Holkham Collection. With an Introduction by Mrs. Napier. This very curious and interesting work is a reproduction of a fourteenth century cookery book, containing numerous recipes for dishes which were in common use at that period, many of which are now obsolete; others are evidently the early counterparts of made dishes of the present day. The work also furnishes a number of menus of great contemporary feasts, which throw much fresh light on the domestic habits of our ancestors.
Printed on rough Handmade Paper similar to that of the original, and bound in handsome contemporary vellum binding. £2 2s.
A FACSIMILE OF THE BOKE OF ST. ALBAN’S.
By Dame Juliana Berners.