Ritson, Joseph 1885b

Ritson, Joseph, ed.; [Frank, Joseph], ed. Robin Hood: a Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw, to which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of his Life. London: John C. Nimmo, 1885. xii, cxviii, 400 pp. 29 cm. 'With eighty wood engravings by Thomas Bewick [...] also nine etchings from original paintings by A.H. Tourrier and E. Buckman'. Illustrators: Thomas Bewick (1753-1828); Alfred Holst Tourrier (1836-1892); Edwin Buckman (1841-1930).

The eighty wood engravings reproduced from the first ed., printed on Japan paper and mounted. The nine etchings included in duplicate, one of each printed on Whatman, the other on Japanese paper. Gable: 'Of this fine large paper edition one hundred copies are printed, each being numbered'; '[u]ndoubtedly the finest edition'. Wider margins than preceding ed.

Copies

• Gable Collection, Cleveland Public Library (as of 1935). Gable Collection copy is No. 19
• also see preceding entry.

Bibliographical sources

• Gable, John Harris, compil. A Bibliography of Robin Hood (University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature and Criticism, vol. 17) (Lincoln, Nebraska, 1939), No. 674 [16].

Citation

• Ritson, Joseph, ed.; [Frank, Joseph], ed. Robin Hood: a Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw, to which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of his Life (London, 1885).

Later editions/printings

• Ritson, Joseph, ed. Robin Hood: a Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads, now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw, to which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of his Life (London, 1887)
• [Ritson, Joseph], ed.; [Frank, Joseph], ed. Robin Hood: a Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads (Wakefield, 1972)
• Ritson, Joseph, ed. Robin Hood: Ballads and Songs relating to that Celebrated Outlaw; with Anecdotes of his Life (Stockport, 1994)
• Ritson, Joseph, ed. Robin Hood: a Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads, now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw, to which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of his Life (Routledge Library of Folklore and Popular Culture) (London, 1997)
• Ritson, Joseph, ed. Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw. Edited by Joseph Ritson (Cambridge Library Collection, Literary Studies) ([Cambridge]: Cambridge University Press, 2015)