Ancient Mysteries Described especially the English Miracle Plays founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of Ecclesiastical Shows

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the Festivals of Fools and Asses - The English Boy Bishop - The Descent into Hell - The Lord Mayor's Show - The Guildhall Giants - Christmas Carols &c. ... London 1823. 8vo. Orig. blind stamped cloth (rebacked preserving the orig. spine strip). (2300pp.). With engr. frontispiece 4 engr. plates of which one folding and 9 engr. text-illusts. 1st edition. NOTE: The author (1780-1842) wrote political satires established a book shop in London and published several books.