基本説明
従来研究の埒外に置かれていた、ひそかに人から人へと渡った歌集の数々を蘇らせる。現在残されている稀覯な歌集の大半を新組にて集成。表紙をファクシミリ版で再現し、序文・頭注・末注を付す学術版。
Full Description
The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or thrown away.
Collectors have sought 'these priceless chapbooks', but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light. This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from the period.
Contents
VOLUME 1 General Introduction, Items Published by William West (1834-6), VOLUME 2 Items Published by William West (1836-42), VOLUME 3 Items Published by M. Metford (1833-40) and G. K. Edwards (1835-6), VOLUME 4 Items Published by Duncombe (1833-5), Smith (1834) and Lovelace & Perkess (1833)



