The Oxfordshire tragedy; or, The death of four lovers

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Title: The Oxfordshire tragedy; or, The death of four lovers
Alternative Title: Death of four lovers
Published / Created: [1760?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold in Bow-Church-Yard
Description: Date of publication from ESTC.
Verse begins: "Near Woodstock-town in Oxfordshire,".
Printed in five columns with the title above the first three; there are no rules between the columns.
Mounted on leaf 62. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 22 x 32 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Subject (Topic): Seduction
Betrayal
Suicide
Man-woman relationships
Love
Subjects: Seduction > Early works to 1800
Betrayal > Early works to 1800
Suicide > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800
Love > Early works to 1800

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