Item #4201766 A Garland of New Songs. CHAPBOOK, ANONYMOUS.
A Garland of New Songs.

A Garland of New Songs.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: J. Marshall, MS note dated, 1807.

Single sheet folded to form four leaves (eight pages paginated); edges untrimmed.

Nelson & Trafalgar

A well-preserved early nineteenth-century English chapbook of popular ballads and ditties.

A well-preserved early nineteenth-century English chapbook of popular ballads and ditties.

This publication of eight pages is one of a series; each part being separately issued and individually titled 'A Garland of New Songs' with a different woodblock print. Such songbooks were sold for a few pennies and capture ephemeral melodies of the era, usually nostalgic and romantic songs. This particular chapbook is most interesting as it includes a contemporary lament for Nelson who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Condition Report: Excellent.

Price (AUD): $285.00

US$185.70   Other currencies

Ref: #4201766

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