The king and the forester

Description

Title: The king and the forester
Published / Created: [1760?]
Publication Place: London? and England London
Publisher: s.n.
Description: Verse - "You subjects of England, come listen a while;".
In three columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules.
Date of publication from ESTC.
Mounted on leaf 64. 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 32 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Subject (Name): William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Subject (Topic): Kings and rulers
Horseback riding
Hunting
Deer
Bloodhounds
Subjects: William III, King of England, 1650-1702 > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Kings and rulers > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Horseback riding
Hunting
Deer
Bloodhounds

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