MS in unknown hand(s). Contains political verse and humour
Description:
Mostly in English with some French and Latin., Perhaps the third volume in a collection as pagination begins with p.858., and Film: 4x5 negatives of p. 1012 and 1013.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Satire, English, Ballads, English, Proverbs, English, and English poetry
A collection of 232 broadside ballads, pamphlets, and songs mounted, or laid in, in three volumes, mostly from the 18th century with a few possibly in the first years of the 19th century. All trimmed but some do include an imprint including some from Bath, Salisbury, Newcastle, Liverpool, Northampton, and perhaps Canterbury
Description:
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts (v. 2 and v.3) or Old English ballads (v.3).
A collection of 232 broadside ballads, pamphlets, and songs mounted, or laid in, in three volumes, mostly from the 18th century with a few possibly in the first years of the 19th century. All trimmed but some do include an imprint including some from Bath, Salisbury, Newcastle, Liverpool, Northampton, and perhaps Canterbury
Description:
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts (v. 2 and v.3) or Old English ballads (v.3).
A collection of 232 broadside ballads, pamphlets, and songs mounted, or laid in, in three volumes, mostly from the 18th century with a few possibly in the first years of the 19th century. All trimmed but some do include an imprint including some from Bath, Salisbury, Newcastle, Liverpool, Northampton, and perhaps Canterbury
Description:
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts (v. 2 and v.3) or Old English ballads (v.3).
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.
The duel between Mohun and Hamilton took place 15 November 1712., Verse -- "Come all ye people far and near,"., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type., Mounted on leaf 71. 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, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, James Douglas, Duke of, 1658-1712 and Mohun, Charles Mohun, Baron, 1675?-1712
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "You young men and maidens of beauty most bright,"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type., 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. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Love, Disguise, Man-woman relationships, and Horseback riding
True love requited, or, The bailiffs daughter of Islington and Bailiffs daughter of Islington
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - Above the woodcut: "The young man's friends the maid did scorn," and below it: "There was a youth, and a well-beloved youth,". - In three columns with the title above the first two and the woodcut in the first; the columns are separated by ornamental 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. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Love, Man-woman relationships, Apprentices, and Social life and customs
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "In Rome I read a nobleman"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., Title ends in semicolon., Mounted on leaf 39. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Fathers and daughters, Soldiers, Spears, and Breasts