Caption title., Date based on publisher J. Jennings's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 107., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: You lovers all take pity on a poor distress'd maid ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London
At head of title: "Cheap repository.", Anonymous. Signed 'Z', i.e., Hannah More., Announcement in square brackets: Entered at Staioner's Hall., Verse - "A farmer's wife to market went"., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Sheet trimmed; loss of imprint statement., Mounted on leaf 1. 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. Marshall, and R. White, London. By S. Hazard at Bath
Subject (Topic):
Honesty, Scales, Weights & measures, Farmers, and Bailiffs
Caption title., Date from ESTC., Verse begins: "Let every brisk be constant and true"., In four columns with the title above the first two and the woodcut above the first column; the columns are not separated by rules., Imprint below fourth column., Mounted on leaf 2. 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 - "You gallants all I pray draw near ...", In this edition, the title has a semi-colon following "son", "beggar-wench" is spelled with a hyphen, and "Hull" is in italic capitals; the images are: left, a woman with her hand out; right, a man and a horse; there is no comma following "all" in the first line; the first two columns have the refrain "Fa, la, &c." printed below them; the colums are divided by columns of type-ornaments; the imprint is set on two lines, below column 4, with a row of type-ornaments (different from those used between the columns) above., The first woodcut is of a destitute woman reaching out toward a doorway; the second woodcut is of a well-dressed man standing by a black horse., 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. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Disguise, Man-woman relationships, Begging, Taverns (Inns), Robbery, Rogues and vagabonds, Horses, Doors & doorways, and Beggars
Verse - "A noble young 'squire that liv'd in the west,". - 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 ornamental rules., Range of publication dates from the Bodleian Library Ballads database., 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 lines of ornamental type. Imprint below ornamental line in third and fourth columns., 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. 2.
Verse - "Oh! I went into the stable, and there for to see ...", Caption title., Another printing or issue (ESTC T206415) is from the same setting of type, but has imprint "Printed by Wise and Co. no. 89, Rosemary-Lane"; the spacing between stanzas in the third column is smaller in that one. In this one, the first line of the second column aligns with the line beginning "And there I saw" in the third column. Both have the same type ornaments between the columns, and the same typographical errors: "dc" (for "do") in line 9 of the second column, and "llke" (for "like") in line 3 up in the third column., Date based on the date assigned to ESTC T206415., In three columns with the title and woodcut (divided into two compartments) above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Sheet trimmed; imprint statement wanting., Mounted on leaf 5. 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 by Wise and Co. no. 89, Rosemary-Lane
Subject (Topic):
Domestic relations, Husband and wife, and Adultery
Caption title., Date from entry for Carrall in British Book Trade index., In verse., First line: Fair lady, lay your costly robes aside ..., Woodcut image: a scene in a room with two windows and a table with a lighted candle. On the right Death wearing a crown and holding an arrow and hourglass stands next to a lady who is holding her child's hand. Beside the child stands a gentleman (doctor). On the ground at Death's feet are a shovel and emblems of power(?)., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Carrall, printer, Walmgate, York
Subject (Topic):
Death, Death (Personification), Children, Hourglasses, Mothers, and Physicians
Sudden call from an earthly glory to the cold grave
Description:
Verse begins: "Thou wealthy man of large possessions here,"., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Printed in four columns with two woodcuts and the title above the first two; imprint at foot of the fourth column, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 6. 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 sol by J. Evans, 41 Long-Lane
Subject (Topic):
Death, Religious aspects, Christianity, Songs, English, Ballads, English, Dialogues, English, Skeletons, Hourglasses, and Arrows
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
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: My friend is the man I would copy thro' life ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, 14, Great St. Andrew-Street, 7 Dials