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[JOHN DUNCOMBE]
Surry Triumphant: or The Kentish-Mens Defeat. A new ballad being a parody of Chevy-Chace
London: J. Johnson, 1773. 4to. (10¼ x 7¾in; 263 x 201mm), woodcut title vignette (minor stains on verso of final leaf), contemporary tree calf (rebacked, a reimboitage). Provenance: purchased from Charles W. Traylen.
FIRST EDITION. The match took place at Bishopsbourne Paddock, the seat of Sir Horatio Mann, on 24 July, 1773, for £2000, and leaf A2 gives the scores of the two innings, showing Surrey triumphant by 153 runs. The Rev. John Duncombe was curate of Sundridge, near Sevenoaks. Allen describes his poem as "a very clever exercise ... about half the words in most of the 66 verses are the same as in the original Chevy-Chace ballad." RARE. The presence of 3 copies in the MCC Library may give a false impression. ESTC identifies holdings at just two institutional libraries throughout the British Isles and North America (BL/2 and Trinity College, Cambridge). EXCELLENT COPY WITH WIDE MARGINS. Allen 4; Goldman p. 187; Taylor p. 41; Padwick 2064.
Surry Triumphant: or The Kentish-Mens Defeat. A new ballad being a parody of Chevy-Chace
London: J. Johnson, 1773. 4to. (10¼ x 7¾in; 263 x 201mm), woodcut title vignette (minor stains on verso of final leaf), contemporary tree calf (rebacked, a reimboitage). Provenance: purchased from Charles W. Traylen.
FIRST EDITION. The match took place at Bishopsbourne Paddock, the seat of Sir Horatio Mann, on 24 July, 1773, for £2000, and leaf A2 gives the scores of the two innings, showing Surrey triumphant by 153 runs. The Rev. John Duncombe was curate of Sundridge, near Sevenoaks. Allen describes his poem as "a very clever exercise ... about half the words in most of the 66 verses are the same as in the original Chevy-Chace ballad." RARE. The presence of 3 copies in the MCC Library may give a false impression. ESTC identifies holdings at just two institutional libraries throughout the British Isles and North America (BL/2 and Trinity College, Cambridge). EXCELLENT COPY WITH WIDE MARGINS. Allen 4; Goldman p. 187; Taylor p. 41; Padwick 2064.
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