The farmer's courtship; or, The Mitcham widow

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Title: The farmer's courtship; or, The Mitcham widow
Alternative Title: Mitcham widow
Published / Created: [between 1754 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane, London
Description: Verse - "At Mitcham town did dwell".
In four columns with the title and three woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments; the imprint is below the last two columns.
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 43. 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.) : 17 x 34 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts
Material: 3 woodcuts ;
Subject (Topic): Unrequited love
Man-woman relationships
Clothing and dress
social aspects
Courtship
Lifestyle
Wealth
Subjects: Unrequited love > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800
Clothing and dress > social aspects > Early works to 1800
Courtship > Early works to 1800
Lifestyle > Early works to 1800
Wealth > Early works to 1800

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