Robin Hood's Garland; being a complete history of all the notable exploits performed by him and his Merry Men. To which is prefixed, a full account of his birth, &c. Embellished with Twenty-eight Engr

£300 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The story of Robin Hood’s life told in couplets. The author writes in the preface: “Numbers there are who … believe [Robin Hood and Little John] to have existed nowhere else but in the fertile brain of an inventing poet”. The author disagrees with this assessment, and proceeds to give an extremely entertaining retelling of the tale. Rare. Copac locates four holdings of this edition.

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