Ancient Spanish Ballads; Historical and Romantic

London: John Murray, 1842. Leather. Good. 10" by 8". William Allan; David Roberts; William Simson; Henry Warren; C.E. Aubrey; William Harvey. An early edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of Spanish ballads and poetry, in full morocco binding. A beautifully illustrated collection of Spanish ballads and poetry. Including historical ballads like 'The Lamentation of Don Roderick', 'The March of Bernardo del Carpio', 'The Funeral of the Count of Saldana', and romantic ballads like 'Melisendra', 'The Lady Alda's Dream', 'Valladolid', and more. Translated and including notes by J.G. Lockhart. The revised and edited second edition of this work. Including six full page engraved plates with many in-text illustrations by William Allan, David Roberts, William Simson, Henry Warren, C.E. Aubrey, and William Harvey. Including four ornamental vignette pages, and a vignette title page, and numerous ornamental borders designed by Owen Jones.Collated and complete. Handsomely rebacked in full morocco, with the original leather laid down on the boards. Externally, smart, with some light bumping to the extremities and rubbing to the boards. Internally, front hinge is strained at the title page, with the title page lifting to the head. Remaining binding generally firm. Tidemarks to the heads of the ornamental vignette pages. A few instances of scattered spots to the pages, most notable to the first few pages and the plates, though many pages do remain clean. Good