Download or read book Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period, Volume 1 written by Patrick Spedding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or thrown away. Collectors have sought ‘these priceless chapbooks’, but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light. This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from the period.