The woeful lamentation of Jane Shore

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Title: The woeful lamentation of Jane Shore
Published / Created: [between 1670 and 1700?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: s.n.
Description: Date of publication from English short title catalogue.
Verse begins: "If Rosamond, that was so fair,".
In six columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules.
Mounted on leaf 59. 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.) : 22 x 33 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 17th century
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Subject (Name): Shore, Jane, d. 1527?
Subject (Topic): Prostitutes
Kings and rulers
Mythology
Religious aspects
Portrait prints
Subjects: Shore, Jane, d. 1527? > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Prostitutes > Poetry
Kings and rulers > Mythology
Kings and rulers > Religious aspects
Portrait prints
England > London > 17th century

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