"A Collection of Ballads, corrected dfrom the best and most ancient copies extant with introductions historical, critical or humorous" - J. Roberts, London - 1723-1725 second edition - 15cmx13cm - condition: good, in leather bindings, some wear and rubbing to boards, boards detach. in vol I, plates and frontispieces present. A Collection of Old Ballads is an anonymous book published 1723–1725 in three volumes in London by Roberts and Leach. It was the second major collection of British folksongs to be published, following Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy (published 1719–1720). Ambrose Philips was once credited as the editor, but this has since been challenged.