The life and death of fair Rosamond : King Henry the second's concubine,

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Title: The life and death of fair Rosamond : King Henry the second's concubine,
Creator: Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600, author
Published / Created: [between 1775 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold at No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
Description: Anonymous. By Thomas Deloney.
Verse begins: "When as King Henry rul'd this land,"
In five columns, with the title and illustration above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the last column, below a single rule.
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 39. 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 33 cm
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Subject (Name): Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189
Clifford, Rosamond, -1176?
Subject (Topic): Kings
Queens
Mistresses
Chalices
Daggers & swords
Veils
Subjects: Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Clifford, Rosamond, -1176? > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Kings
Queens
Mistresses
Chalices
Daggers & swords
Veils

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