The age of man, displayed in the several changes of human life

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Title: The age of man, displayed in the several changes of human life
Alternative Title: Age of man, display'd in ten different stages of life
Published / Created: [between 1736 and 1763?]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard
Description: Caption title on three lines.
Verse - "In prime of years, when I was young,".
In three columns separated by columns of type ornaments; the title and three woodcuts span the first two columns; the sequence of woodcuts is: Father Time; a woman riding a donkey, with a baby in a cradle and a lamb in the foreground; Death.
Six long dashes above imprint at foot of column three.
Mounted on leaf 1. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 21 x 30 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Songs 1775
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1775
Material: 3 woodcuts ;
Subject (Topic): Life cycle, Human
Songs, English
Life cycle
Death
Youth
Subjects: Life cycle, Human > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Songs, English > Early works to 1800
Life cycle
Death
Youth
1775
England > London > 1775

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