The fair maid of Islington

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Title: The fair maid of Islington
Published / Created: [1750?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: s.n.
Description: Verse - "There was a lass of Islington,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules. - In this edition "Islington" is in capitals.
Date from ESTC.
Mounted on leaf 36. 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.) : 20 x 34 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1750
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
England
Subject (Topic): Broadsides
Prostitution
Man-woman relationships
Courts
Law and legislation
Petitory actions
Subjects: Broadsides > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Prostitution > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800
Courts > Law and legislation > England > Early works to 1800
Petitory actions > Early works to 1800
England > London > 1750

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