Title & Author:

Ranelagh Gardens, 1746-1805 : a collection of views, portraits, tickets, song-books, music, advertisements &c. chronologically arranged.

Publication:

[between 1880 and 1910?]

Description:

2 v. (118; 121 leaves) : ill. (some col.), music ; 47 cm.

Notes:
Two albums with titles in ms. containing window-mounted or pasted-in texts, prints (some hand-coloured), music, song lyrics, ephemera, a ms. letter, and clippings from newspapers and journals. Vol. 1 includes the pamphlets "A description of Ranelagh Rotundo, and gardens" (London : S. Hooper, 1762) (35 p.), and "Jubilee masquerade balls at Ranelagh Gardens, a bad return for the merciful deliverance from the late earthquakes" (London : W. Owen, 1750) (22 p.). Vol. 2 includes "A catalogue of all the valuable fittings-up and effects of Ranelagh ..." ([London] : W. Smith & Son, [1805]), and an excerpt (p. 17-25) from the pamphlet "Air balloon" ([Sommers Town] : A. Neil, [1802]).
Title from ms. title leaves.
Binding: Green morocco elaborately gilt with red morocco gilt doublures and tartaned free endpapers.

Subject:

Manners and customs.
Ranelagh Gardens (London, England)
London (England) Social life and customs 18th century Sources.
London (England) Social life and customs 19th century Sources.
Londres (Angleterre) Mœurs et coutumes 18e siècle Sources.
Londres (Angleterre) Mœurs et coutumes 19e siècle Sources.
England London.

Form/genre:

Scrapbooks.
Auction catalogs.
Sources.

Added entries:

Cambridge, Richard Owen, 1717-1802. Description of Ranelagh Rotundo, and gardens.
Air balloon. Selections.
Jubilee masquerade balls at Ranelagh gardens, a bad return for the merciful deliverance from the late earthquakes.
Catalogue of all the valuable fittings-up and effects of Ranelagh.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 268540
Call No.: SB466.G73 R3 1880
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 268968
Call No.: SB466.G73 R3 1880
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available