A very good set of the three series of this beautifully produced edition, in a handsome uniform binding by Bayntun of Bath.

A very good set of the three series of this beautifully produced edition, in a handsome uniform binding by Bayntun of Bath.

The Ingoldsby Legends is a famous collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poems, a classic of English literature made popular from the mid-19th century, written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, which was in fact the pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham. He introduces the collection with the statement that "The World, according to the best geographers, is divided into Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Romney Marsh". The best-known poem in the collection is "The Jackdaw of Rheims".

This set includes two portraits of the supposed "Nicholas Ingoldsby". Original engravings throughout are by the leading illustrators of the period, John Leech and George Cruikshank who are known for illustrations in numerous Charles Dickens' publications.

A composite set; the first volume is dated 1855, the second volume 1842 and the third volume 1855, respectively 11th, 2nd and 10th editions of this highly popular series.