Fair Margaret's misfortunes, or, Sweet William's dream on his wedding night with the sudden death and burial of those noble lovers

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17124722

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Title
Fair Margaret's misfortunes, or, Sweet William's dream on his wedding night with the sudden death and burial of those noble lovers
Alternative Title
Sweet William's dream on his wedding night with the sudden death and burial of those noble lovers
Published / Created
[between 1754 and 1783?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, Loudon [sic]
Description
Verse - "As it fell out upon a day,".
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments.
Imprint below last column.
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.
Mounted on leaf 38. 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

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1760
Material
2 woodcuts ;
Subject (Geographic)
England
Subject (Topic)
Unrequited love
Betrayal
Suicide
Ghosts
Suicide victims
Man-woman relationships
Nightmares
Hearses
Subjects
Unrequited love > Early works to 1800
Betrayal > Early works to 1800
Suicide > Early works to 1800
Ghosts > England > Early works to 1800
Suicide victims > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800
Nightmares
Ghosts
Hearses
England > London > 1760

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
10425043
Object ID (OID)
17124722

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