<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>The princely lovers garland</dc:title><dc:date>[between 1783 and 1796?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Verse -- "Once I read a noble volume,".</dc:description><dc:description>In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules; there is no imprint.</dc:description><dc:description>Divided into four parts; each part headed with a line reading "PART [roman numeral]."</dc:description><dc:description>Column 2, line 1: "Prince and princess both admire"; column 4, last line: "Since he’s dead let us two die."; last line of text: "He is ace,borrinp royal sir,n." (apparently the last line dropped out and the types were replaced haphazardly).</dc:description><dc:description>Some letters of the title appear above the space between the woodcuts; in this printing, all or part of "Y[space]LO" are above the space. The right edge of the left woodcut aligns with the p in "princess" (column 2, line 1).</dc:description><dc:description>There are several printings from this setting of the text, with variations in several points: text of column 2/line 1, column 4/last line, and the last line of text; the presence or absence of part numbers; the alignment of the woodcuts with the title and text; and the presence or absence of an imprint.</dc:description><dc:description>The other printings are ESTC N48661, T44329, N511125, N511126, and T44330.</dc:description><dc:description>Dated from the address in the imprint found on one printing (ESTC T44330); see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>