64 pp. Engraved frontispiece by C. W. Bampfylde. (4to) 25x17 cm (9¾z") later marbled wrappers. Second Edition. Second edition, "with considerable additions." The first edition was published in folio the same year. Anstey's Election Ball was unexpectedly popular, and he was encouraged to produce a revised second edition, to which he also added Bampfylde's wonderful frontispiece. NCBEL II, 638. The poem was written for (and won) a contest for a poem about “The Ancient and Modern Dress and Manners of the English Nation Compared.” See A. N. L. Munby “Anstey's Election Ball and The Epistle to Bampfylde" in The Book Collector's Quarterly, no. 16, 1934.
64 pp. Engraved frontispiece by C. W. Bampfylde. (4to) 25x17 cm (9¾z") later marbled wrappers. Second Edition. Second edition, "with considerable additions." The first edition was published in folio the same year. Anstey's Election Ball was unexpectedly popular, and he was encouraged to produce a revised second edition, to which he also added Bampfylde's wonderful frontispiece. NCBEL II, 638. The poem was written for (and won) a contest for a poem about “The Ancient and Modern Dress and Manners of the English Nation Compared.” See A. N. L. Munby “Anstey's Election Ball and The Epistle to Bampfylde" in The Book Collector's Quarterly, no. 16, 1934.
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