INGOLDSBY, THOMAS.

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1905 527 ppSider. Full three calf. All edges gilt Pænt eksemplar. With a portrait and twenty-five illustations by Cruikshank, Leech, and others. Oxford Edition. The Ingoldsby Legends (full title: The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels) is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed during 1837 as a regular series in the magazine Bentley's Miscellany and later in New Monthly Magazine. They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published in 1840, 1842 and 1847 by Richard Bentley. They remained popular during the 19th century, when they ran through many editions.