Arthur Rackham - The Ingoldsby Legends - 1898

"The Ingoldsby Legends" by Rev. Ingoldsby and illustrated by Arthur Rackham

J.M. Dent, London - 1898 true first Rackham edition - 635p, 18cmx15cm - 12 full page colour plates and 90 black and white illustrations throughout the text, illustrated endpapers by Arthur Rackham - condition: in green decorated boards, minor rubbing to edges, hinges cracked, some loose leaves, some page foxing, complete with all plates.

A collection of myths and legends by Ingoldsby--the pen name for an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham--is in actuality quite humorous, with parodies of medieval folklore and poetry wonderfully brought to life by Rackham's illustrations