The c--rs new ballad, [o]r, The L--d M--r’s l--y.

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Title: The c--rs new ballad, [o]r, The L--d M--r’s l--y.
Alternative Title: Courtier’s new ballad
L--d M--r's L--y
Courtier’s new ballad, or, the Lord Mayor’s lady
Published / Created: [1727]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed by William Fowler in Fleet Street
Description: Satirical verse on the Address presented by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council to the King on 31 January 1727; see M.O. Percival, Political ballads illustrating the administration of Sir Robert Walpole (Oxford, 1916), p. 10-13, where the concealed names are glossed.
In two columns, separated by a column of very large type ornaments; title extends above both columns; imprint at the foot of the second column.
Verse begins: "My Lord M--r and his A--n and C--n C--l too," (i.e. My Lord Mayor and his Aldermen and Common Council too).
Imprint below second column.
Mounted on leaf 17. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Some loss of text near title.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 20 cm
Language: English

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