The Kentish garland

Description

Title: The Kentish garland
Published / Created: [between 1775 and 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Description: Verse begins: "Good people now I pray give ear,".
In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules.
Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157.
Mounted on leaf 63. 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.) : 20 x 32 cm
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1775
Material: 2 woodcuts ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Broadsides
Ballads, English
Courtship
Lifestyle
Seduction
Man-woman relationships
Elopement
Pregnancy
Betrayal
Young men
Conduct of life
Young women
Couples
Fans (Accessories)
Subjects: Broadsides > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Ballads, English > 18th century
Courtship > Early works to 1800
Lifestyle > Early works to 1800
Seduction > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800
Elopement > Early works to 1800
Pregnancy > Early works to 1800
Betrayal > Early works to 1800
Young men > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
Young women > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
Couples
Courtship
Fans (Accessories)
England > London > 1775

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