A song in praise of the leather bottle

Description

Title: A song in praise of the leather bottle
Published / Created: [between 1754 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London
Description: "God above that made all things,". - In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental 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.
In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third, below a single rule; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments.
Mounted on leaf 46. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
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 28 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts .
Material: 2 woodcuts ;
Subject (Topic): Drinking of alchoholic beverages
Tobacco pipes
Drinking vessels
Wine
Bottles
Smoking
Subjects: Drinking of alchoholic beverages > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Tobacco pipes
Drinking vessels
Wine
Bottles
Smoking

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