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Dedication,
lessen the Value I have for the rest of my
Noble Subscribers, I have desisted in that
particular ; and hope this General Address
will more exert my Duty, and increase your
Favour.
I am oblig'd first then to acknowledge
my Obligations for your ready and willing
Compliance : And also secondly to de-
clare, that to oblige ye, and compleat your
Diversion, I have added above a Hundred
new Pieces to the Publick Stock, and hope,
as the rest have generally had Applause
above others of this kind, they will happily
be receivd by you when read or perform'd
in your merry and vacant Hours.
I have (with a great deal of Trouble
and Pains) made some part of this Collec-
tion, and render'd ye many of the Old
Pieces which were thought well of in former
Days, and consider'd for their Pleasure
and

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Volume 1
ShelfmarkGlen.145
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Books
Subject / content: Ballads

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Volumes 1-6 - Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy
DescriptionBeing a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all humours, having each their proper tune for either voice, or instrument: most of the songs being new set. 6 volumes. London, Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1719-20. A 19th century reprint from a broken set of the two issues of the 1719-1720 edition. Volumes 1, 3-5 belong to the first issue; Volumes 2 and 6 to the second.
ShelfmarkGlen.145-145e
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Dates / events: 1876 [Probable date printed]

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Printed music
Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.
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Special collections of printed music
DescriptionOver 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson.