The wanton wife of Bath

Description

Title: The wanton wife of Bath
Published / Created: [between 1783 and 1796?]
Publication Place: London? and England London
Publisher: J. Evans?
Description: Verse - "In Bath a wanton wife did dwell,".
What appears to be the same setting of type was also issued with imprint: Sold at no. 42, Long Lane; dated from that address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157. Appearance of woodcut suggests this issue preceded one with imprint.
In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : 22 x 33 cm
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 18th century
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Resource Type: text
still image
Subject (Geographic): Bath (England)
Subject (Topic): Repentance
Women
Moral and ethical aspects
Heaven
Gates
Subjects: Repentance > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Women > Moral and ethical aspects > Early works to 1800
Heaven
Gates
Bath (England) > Poetry > Early works to 1800
England > London > 18th century

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