THE BALLADS & SONGS OF DERBYSHIRE. With Illustrative Notes, and Examples of the Original Music, etc. EDITED BY LLEWELLYNN JEWITT, F.S.A., &c., &c.
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LONDON: BEMROSE AND LOTHIAN, 21, PATERNOSTER ROW.
DERBY: BEMROSE AND SONS, IRONGATE.
MDCCCLXVII.
to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, k.g., Lord-Lieutenant and Custos-Rotulorum of the county whose ballads are here for the first time collected, this Volume is, as a mark of personal esteem, and as a tribute to the true nobility of his character and to his high intellectual attainments, most gratefully dedicated by The Editor.