Ritson's Yorkshire Garland 1809

Ritson's Yorkshire Garland, edited and published by Joseph Ritson, is a reprinted edition of a book on Yorkshire music, first published in 1788.

Details
 Yorkshire Garland 1809  (or to give it its full title - “The Yorkshire Garland; is a curious collection of old and new songs, concerning that famous county. [Edited by the Late Joseph Ritson, Esq.]  Part I. York: printed by N. Frobisher; and sold by J. Langdale, Northallerton  MDCCLXXXVIII Licensed and entered according to Order London: reprinted by R. Triphook, St.Jame's Street; By Harding and Wright, St. John's-square.       1809”) is a book of folk songs consisting of 32 pages with 6 works, published in 1788. A further edition (this edition) was reprinted in 1809

Other books in Ritson’s Garland series were Bishopric Garland, The Northumberland Garland, and The North-Country Chorister. A compilation of the whole series, entitled The Northern Garland was published in 1810.

The “Garland” series was important, not only as an important document in its own right, but as one of the main sources of similar successor publications such as John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards and Bruce and Stokoe's Northumbrian Minstrelsy.

A set of original documents are held in The Robinson Library of Newcastle University

Publication
The front cover of the book was as thus :-

THE YORKSHIRE GARLAND;  BEING A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF OLD AND NEW SONGS,  CONCERNING THAT FAMOUS COUNTY.  [EDITED BY THE LATE JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ.]  PART I.  - - - - - - - YORK PRINTED BY N. FROBISHER; AND SOLD BY J. LANGDALE NORTHALLERTON MDCCLXXXVIII Licensed and entered according to Order<br/ > - - - - - - -<br/ > LONDON: <br/ > REPRINTED BY R. TRIPHOOK, ST.JAME'S STREET; <br/ > By Harding and Wright, St. John's-square. <br/ > 1809

Contents
are as below :-<br/ >