Bite upon the miser, or, A trick upon the parson by the sailor

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Title: Bite upon the miser, or, A trick upon the parson by the sailor
Alternative Title: Trick upon the parson by the sailor
Published / Created: [between 1775 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard
Description: In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules.
Caption title.
Verse begins: "Young women, if you draw near awhile"
Dated from the address; see see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736 1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157, at p. 157.
In four columns, not separated by rules; title and illustration are above the first two columns; the imprint is at the foot of the fourth column.
Mounted on leaf 10. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 25 x 33 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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