<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Curious poetical shop bill. : John Malcolm, merchant, on the Green, I’ th’ good old town of Aberdeen; sells the following useful things, to suit both beggars, lords, and kings</dc:title><dc:creator>Malcolm, John (Merchant in Aberdeen)</dc:creator><dc:date>[between 1790 and 1799?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Verse begins: "English blankets and broad cloths,".</dc:description><dc:description>Date of publication supplied by cataloger.</dc:description><dc:description>Between the title and the poem proper, spanning both columns, are four lines of introductory verse: John Malcolm, merchant, on the Green, | I' th' good old town of Aberdeen; | sells the following useful things, | to suit both beggars, lords, and kings."</dc:description><dc:description>In two columns, separated by an ornamental rule; signed at the foot of the second column: "John Malcolm, on the Green"; imprint at foot, spanning both columns, below a wavy ornamental rule.</dc:description><dc:description>Signed below second column: John Malcolm, On the green.</dc:description><dc:description>Mounted on leaf 17. Copy trimmed.</dc:description><dc:description>Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>