The fortunate lover, or, The old man out-witted

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Title: The fortunate lover, or, The old man out-witted
Alternative Title: Old man out-witted
Published / Created: [1760?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: s.n.
Description: Date from ESTC.
Verse begins: "Let all loyal lovers, which round me do stand,"
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the sequence of woodcuts is: a ship near a castle and a couple in the country; the columns are separated by ornamental rules.
Mounted on leaf 45. 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.) : 18 x 34 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1760
Material: 2 woodcuts ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Broadsides
Ballads, English
Fathers and daughters
Sex roles
Disguise
Man-woman relationships
Courtship
Lifestyle
Impressment
Cruelty
Love
Sailing ships
Castles & palaces
Country life
Subjects: Broadsides > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Ballads, English > 18th century
Fathers and daughters > Early works to 1800
Sex roles > Early works to 1800
Disguise > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800
Courtship > Early works to 1800
Lifestyle > Early works to 1800
Impressment > Early works to 1800
Cruelty > Early works to 1800
Love > Early works to 1800
Sailing ships
Castles & palaces
Country life
England > London > 1760

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