Title from first page., Undated. John Marshall was active between 1800 and 1831 (see British Book Trade Index)., Without music., A chapbook., Laid paper. Horizontal chain lines., Crude woodcut title vignette of a hearse and funeral procession., First line of William and Margaret: When hope lay hush'd in silent night, ..., First line of Mary's dream: The moon had climb'd the highest hill, ..., First line of Roy's wife of Aldivalloch: Roy's wife of Aldivalloch, ..., First line of My Nannie, O: Behind yon hills where Lugar flows, ..., First line of Death or liberty: Whilst happy in my native land, ..., and 1 folded sheet, uncut. For further information, consult library staff.
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Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market. Where may also be had, a large and curious assortment of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c.
Subject (Topic):
Chapbooks, English, Songs, English, and Ballads, English
Title from first page., Undated. Date range from trading dates of John Marshall, cf. The British book trade index., A chapbook., Without music., Crude woodcut title vignette of a man receiving last rites before being beheaded by the ax-wielding executioner; a crowd watches., Laid paper. Horizontal chain lines., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market, Newcastle, where may also be had, a large and interesting collection of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c.
Subject (Topic):
Chapbooks, English, Songs, English, and Ballads, English
Title from first page., Undated. John Marshall was active between 1800 and 1831 (see British Book Trade Index)., Without music., A chapbook., Laid paper. Horizontal chain lines., Crude woodcut title vignette of a king and a lady holding out their arms to embrace each other; a grimacing court gentleman watches from the background., and Printing error: Imprint printed on folded paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market, where may be had a large and curious assortment of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c.
Subject (Name):
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
Subject (Topic):
Chapbooks, English, Songs, English, and Ballads, English
Title from first page., Undated. Date range from trading dates of J. Marshall, cf. The British book trade index WWW site., Without music., A chapbook., Crude woodcut title vignette of a two ships engaged in battle at sea., Laid paper. Horizontal chain lines., First sentence of The battle of the Nile: "Arise, arise, Britannia's sons, arise!", First sentence of Tom Starboard: "Tom Starboard was a lover true, As brave a tar as ever sail'd; The duties ablest seamen do Tom did, and never yet had fail'd.", First sentence of The sailor's adieu: "The topsails shiver in the wind, The ship she casts to sea; But yet my soul, my heart, my mind, Are, Mary, moor'd with thee: For though they sailor's bound afar, Still love shall be his leading star.", First sentence of Tom Bowling: "Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For death hath broach'd him too.", First sentence of True courage: "Why what's that to you if my eyes I'm wiping A tear is a pleasure, d'ye see, in its way, 'Tis nonsense for trifles, I own, to be piping, But they that ha'n't pity--why I pities they.", First sentence of The sea boy: "To England's towers of oak farewell, No more for me shall be unfurl'd The canvas in the gale to swell, The ocean is no more my world; Yet there life's earliest years I fearless pass'd A sea-boy on the high and giddy mast.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market. Where may also be had, a large and curious assortment of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c.
Subject (Topic):
Chapbooks, English, Songs, English, and Ballads, English
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 133: Title label on case shaved with place of publication wanting. Formerly owned by Julia Parker Wightman. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from slipcase., and Date inferred from reference to the re-establishment of a "legitimate monarchy" in France.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Asia, Europe, Africa, and America
Subject (Topic):
Playing Cards, Manners and customs, Costume, and Description and travel
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.
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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 above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Title from first line of letterpress below image., Publisher identified from address., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., "To be had at the Acorn facing Hungerford Market in the Strand."--Bottom of sheet., "Pr. 6d."--Bottom of plate., Broadside poem illustrated with etching at top of sheet. Title on etching: Cabin council., Mock paraphrase of Admiral Byng's letter to John Cleveland, Admiralty., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: cabin on Ramillies (admiral's ship) -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Furnishings: porcelain -- Guns: cannons -- 2nd Earl of Effingham -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV -- Literature: quotation from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680., and Watermark: countermark I V.
Publisher:
Edwards & Darly
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757 and Cornwallis, Edward, 1713-1776
With half-title., Last page blank., "(Price six-pence)"--Below imprint., One of the "performances" is [Horace Walpole's] Lessons for the day.--cf. pages 13., Lewis Walpole Library 49 1608 18:4: Horace Walpole's title: Letter on the abuse of Scripture terms., and Mottled calf, with Horace Walpole's manuscript list of contents.
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Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane
A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image., All engraved., Date from British Book Trade Index., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With "Pro Patria" watermark.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks