An excellent ballad of the Lord Mohun and Duke Hamilton. With an exact account of their melancholy deaths

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Title: An excellent ballad of the Lord Mohun and Duke Hamilton. With an exact account of their melancholy deaths
Published / Created: [1712?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Description: The duel between Mohun and Hamilton took place 15 November 1712.
Verse -- "Come all ye people far and near,".
In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type.
Mounted on leaf 71. 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 34 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Ballads
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1750
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Hamilton, James Douglas, Duke of, 1658-1712
Mohun, Charles Mohun, Baron, 1675?-1712
Subject (Topic): Ballads, English
Dueling
Dueling grounds
Daggers & swords
Wounds & injuries
Subjects: Hamilton, James Douglas, Duke of, 1658-1712 > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Mohun, Charles Mohun, Baron, 1675?-1712 > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Ballads, English > 18th century
Dueling > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Dueling
Dueling grounds
Daggers & swords
Wounds & injuries
England > London > 1750

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