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
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse begins: "When first I came to London town,"., In two columns with the title in four lines centered above both; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 55. 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.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Title from first two lines of verse., Mounted on leaf 4. 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.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Cf. Caroline of Dartmouth : a celebrated new song / composed by Mr. Dignum., Possibly a fragment or detached from larger work., Six stanzas arranged in a single column with title centered above. No rules or ornamental type appear on sheet., Mounted on leaf 11. 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.
The author of the epilogue is identified in editions of the full play as Miles Peter Andrews., The epilogue is to "Speculation", by Frederick Reynolds; the play was first performed and printed in 1795., Verse begins: "The drama done, permit us now to say"., In one column with the title centered above; no ornamental type present on sheet., The text printed here varies in a number of places from that in printed editions of the full play., Mounted on leaf 21. 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 begins: "Ye commons and peers,", Attributed to Benjamin Bragge as vendor by Foxon on strength of a Daily Courant advertisement., Fourteen stanzas in this edition., Mounted on leaf 48. 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:
sold by Benjamin Bragge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Steeples, Campaigns & battles, Massacres, and History
Betty's compassionate love extended to him in time of distress
Description:
Verse - "Come, open the door, sweet Betty,"., In four columns with the title, preliminary verse and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., The preliminary verse, in two short columns, begins with "Late in the night when all was fast,"., Date of publication from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 60. 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.
Verse begins: "You brave loyal churchmen,"., Date suggested by cataloger., In this edition, the "C" of "Charles" in the title is above the "ne" in "Tune" in the second line; line 5 of the next-to-last stanza ends "haunt". In another edition with very similar typography (ESTC T29439), the "C" is above the space before "Tune; line 5 of the next-to-last stanza ends "cant"., Not in Foxon., Mounted on leaf 65. 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.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse begins: "There liv'd, as fame reports, in days of yore ...", In two columns with the title centered above both; the columns are separated by a plain rule., Cf. No. N64798 in ESTC., On the teasing of a Frenchman by Tom King., Mounted on leaf 53. 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.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse begins: All hail Britannia! fav'rite isle!, Eight numbered stanzas in a single column with the title centered above., Mounted on leaf 20. 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765.
