A slip-song - "When freedom was banish'd from Greece and from Rome,"., Mounted on leaf 28. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Verse - "You subjects of England, come listen a while;"., In three columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Date of publication from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 64. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
Kings and rulers, Horseback riding, Hunting, Deer, and Bloodhounds
Date of publication from ESTC., A slip-song - "And now, to be brief, let's pass over the rest,". - The song, on John of the Vale, a tinker, meeting James I, is usually known as 'King James and the tinker'., Mounted on leaf 41. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Verse - "A worthy squire of sober life,"., Signed at foot of the second column, above the single rule: Z. [i.e. Hannah More], Entered in the Stationers’ Register 26 June 1797, according to G.H. Spinney, "Cheap Repository tracts: Hazard and Marshall edition" (in Library, 4th series, volume 20:3 (December 1939), no. 102). Spinney does not record a broadside edition., The illustration is from the same block as that on the title page of the pamphlet edition of the same work (ESTC T37463), issued in Hannah More’s Cheap Repository., In two columns, with title and illustration above both columns, at foot of the second column, below a single rule, in italics, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall., Mounted on leaf 68. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Name):
Adam (Biblical figure) and Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Sparrows, Fall of man, Birds, Windows, Tableware, Table settings & decorations, and Tablecloths
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "A virtuous young lady, ingenious and fair,"., Printed in italic; in four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 42. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Elopement, Parent and child, and Man-woman relationships
Verse - "Is there never a man in all Scotland,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by plain rules., Mounted on leaf 61. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Armstrong, John, d. 1528
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, War, Battle casualties, Soldiers, Armies, and History
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "Young lovers, for love I'd not have you despair,"., Printed in four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental type., Mounted on leaf 8. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Verse -- "Once I read a noble volume,"., In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules; there is no imprint., Divided into four parts; each part headed with a line reading "PART [roman numeral].", 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)., 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)., 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., The other printings are ESTC N48661, T44329, N511125, N511126, and T44330., 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., Mounted on leaf 25. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
A slip-song - "O brave England’s forces!"., "In praise of James Butler, duke of Ormonde's campaigns in Spain against Cadiz and Vigo; after his banishment" (Foxon)., Foxon dates this "[1715/-]"; that is, no earlier than 1715 (the year of Ormonde’s banishment), but with no terminus ante quem specified., Mounted on leaf 43. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Spain
Subject (Name):
Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688
Subject (Topic):
Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1747, Campaigns, Vigo Bay, Battle of, Spain, 1702, Naval warfare, Warships, and Sailing ships