In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules., Date range conjectural; other ballads with similar imprints are also undated; printer’s name conjectured from other imprints recorded by Wing., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In this setting line 24 begins with "straight"., Not in Wing., Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1., and Sheet in two pieces repaired and mounted as one piece.
Publisher:
Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Caption title., "Price 1d.", Two poems, the first signed: Dr. Barbon., The first poem (left column) begins: "When glorious Anna's happy reign began ...", The second poem (beginning in lower portion of middle column) entitled "The te deum": "To thee, O lord, we chearful praises sing ...", and Sheet trimmed to 44 x 33. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and are to be sold by E. Mallet next the King's Arms Tavern on the ditch-side near Fleet-Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714 and Westminster Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Coronation, Coronations, Queens, and English poetry
Attributed to George Sewell., On [3] pages at end, a poem titled: Upon Mr. Addison's Cato., Signatures: A-C⁴., BEIN Osborn pc3: Binder's title: Of Addison's Cato., BEIN 1974 986: Binder's title: Cato. Addison., BEIN 2014 2091: Front endpaper includes autograph of Ben Priestley on recto and manuscript notes on verso, both partially mutilated. Manuscript notes on back endpapers. No. 5 of 6 titles bound together., and BEIN 926 14: 21 cm. From the library of William Whitman Farnam, 1886.
Manuscript signed by the Prime Minister, Robert Walpole ordering George Earl of Halifax to arrange payment to the merchant Jonathan Forward, for transporting 66 convicts from Newgate Jail to His Majesties plantations in America aboard the ship Anne, Captain Thomas Wrangham, Commander. The transportation of British convicts to the colonies in America and the West Indies first began in 1617, having been authorised by James I in 1615, but ceased to function by the end of the 17th century due to objections by the colonies themselves and the plantation owners. Consequently, an Act of Parliament was passed in 1718 'for the more effectual transportation of felons'. In accordance with the Transportation Act 1717, Forward was contracted to transport felons from Newgate Prison and from numerous home counties. The ship Anne which was used for the transportation described in this document had originally been a slaver. Also signed by Charles Turney and R. Edgcumbe, this document orders the payment of 264 pounds to Forward, 'For the Allowance of Four Pounds per head for and upon sixty six Malefactors who were lately lying in Newgate in the City of London under Sentence of Transportation."
Description:
In English., In brown ink on cream laid paper., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, approximately 1684-1739. and Forward, Jonathan, 1680-1760.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Penal transportation, and Law and legislation
Reasons humbly offered against a clause in the bill against clandestine running of un-customed and prohibited goods, and for the more effectual preventing of frauds relating to the customs, which relates to the package of coffee for exportation and Reasons humbly offer'd against a clause in the bill against running of un-customed and prohibited goods, and for the more effectual preventing of frauds relating to the customs, which relates to the package of coffee for exportation
Description:
Caption title., The Journals of the House of Commons for 12 Jan. 1718 [Lady Day dating, i.e. 12 Jan. 1719] state that: "Mr. Lowndes presented to the House ..., a bill against clandestine running of uncustomed and prohibited goods; and for the more effectual preventing of frauds relating to the customs: and the same was received; and read the first time.", The bill this relates to was enacted: 5 Geo I. c.11., With a docket title., and Stab marks to left margin. For further information, consult library staff.
Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament for an act for the discharge of insolvent debtors
Description:
Caption title., Docket title: Reasons humbly offer'd to both houses of Parliament for an act for the discharge of insolvent debtors. From the prison of Ludgate., The specific reference to Prison of Ludgate suggests a date of 1715; reforms were put before the House of Commons in a Bill in May/June 1715., Not in ESTC., and With stitching holes to gutter margin. For further information, consult library staff.
Title from caption above woodcut. Text begins with a quote from Heb 12.6: "When I am scourged with affliction's rod ...", Each word or short phrase of the Apostles’ Creed is paired with two biblical quotations paraphrasing it., Text in two columns, divided by a single rule; the title and illustration span both columns., Mounted on leaf 3. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Case of the joyners and cabinet-makers and Case of the joiners and cabinet-makers
Description:
Caption title., Docket title: The case of the joyners and cabinet-makers., Imprint from ESTC; dated 1700? in Wing., Not in: Hanson, L. Contemporary printed sources for British and Irish economic history, 1701-1750., Not in: Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England and Wales, India, and East Indies
Subject (Topic):
Cabinetmakers, Economic conditions, Foreign trade regulation, and Commerce
Caption title., Place of printing and date from ESTC., Docket title: The case of the makers and dealers in cards and dice., and Stab marks to left margin. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Dice, Playing card industry, and Foreign trade regulation
Case of the owners of the upper-levels, against the bill relating to the harbour or Rye
Description:
Signed and dated on page 3: C. Rand, Lewes, 11th November, 1812., Docket title: The case of the owners of the upper-levels, against the bill relating to the harbour or Rye., and For further information, consult library staff.