Verse begins: "Batchelors of e'ery station,", Above first line: Part 1., In five columns undivided by rules; title and woodcut above the first two columns., Another printing of the edition recorded in ESTC T200945 (with no full stop after "lady" in the title), and N70792; that they are of the same setting is evidenced by damaged letters and other typographical indicia., Dated from the address; 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 9. 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:
Printed and sold at No. 4, Aldermary Churchyard
Subject (Topic):
Women, Conduct of life, Heiresses, Lawyers, and Bachelors
In four columns with title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by rules., Verse in four parts begins: "You lovers all draw near,", 'Part 1' precedes first line., Imprint below fourth column., Date supplied by cataloger., In this edition woodcuts from left to right depict a sailing ship near a castle and a woman seated in front of a column., Mounted on leaf 14. 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:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane
Subject (Topic):
Sailing ships, Castles & palaces, Women, and Columns
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by rules., Verse begins: "You London dames, that love to range", Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 23. 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:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, London, and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Prostitution, Apprentices, Women, Moral and ethical aspects, Social conditions, Men, Sex, Prostitutes, Abused children, and Social life and customs
Verse begins: "My friend I would have you take my advice,"., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. Toward the foot of column two begins "The maiden's answer."., Date conjectured by cataloguer based on other editions of this work., Imprint below last column, separate by a single rule., In this edition, the illustration above the second column is of a man and a woman seated, bodies touching, with no tree. In another edition with an almost identical imprint (ESTC N70831), the illustration depicts a man and a woman standing, slightly apart, with a tree next to the man., Mounted on leaf 62. 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 at Sympson's printing-office, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Man-woman relationships, Marriage, Bachelors, Single women, Men, Social life and customs, Eating & drinking, Driniking vessels, Tobacco pipes, and Women
Verse - "You women in city and country I pray". - In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., In four columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Title ends with a comma., Mounted on leaf 50. 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:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Husband and wife, Pregnancy, Adultery, Domestics, Men, Sexual behovior, Women, Sexual behavior, Sex, Farmers, Astrology, and Physicians
Verse - "Of all the plagues upon the earth,"., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint at foot of the last column below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; 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 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. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Poverty, Devil in literature, Husband and wife, Women, Devil, and Temptation
Verse begins: "Come each maiden lend an ear,"., In four columns; the title and imprint are above the first two (imprint is in square brackets); the portrait is below the imprint, above the first column only; the columns are not separated by rules., This title was entered in the Stationers' Register by John Marshall for the Cheap Repository on 1 February 1796, and may be a piracy by Evans, who had lost a lawsuit to Marshall in December 1795; Evans used this imprint until Easter 1796. See David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 44. 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:
Sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield, London
Subject (Topic):
Moralities, English, Women, and Moral and ethical aspects
Verse begins: "In a tavern kitchen, the cook's territories,"., In three columns with the title above the first two and the woodcut above the first; the imprint at foot of the third, below a row of type ornaments; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., There is no punctuation at the end of the title., Dated from the address; 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 52. 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:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office, in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Taverns (Inns), Household employees, Women, Social conditions, and Man-woman relationships
Wanton virgins frighted and Old man strangely surprized and bugbear'd by the black bandileers and buff-coats
Description:
Verse - "You that delight in a jocular song,"., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Dated from the address; 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 62. 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:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Land [sic], London
Subject (Topic):
Single women, Swimming, Nudes, Women, Lakes & ponds, Voyeurism, and Trees
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., Mounted on leaf 63. 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:
J. Evans?
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Topic):
Repentance, Women, Moral and ethical aspects, Heaven, and Gates
