The little hoop, an epistle : from a lass in the country, to her aunt in London, occasioned by her sending a fashionable hoop, for the use of the author's mother

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Title: The little hoop, an epistle : from a lass in the country, to her aunt in London, occasioned by her sending a fashionable hoop, for the use of the author's mother
Alternative Title: Dedicated to the sisterhood of the rotundos
Creator: Delahoy, James, approximately 1757-approximately 1835], author, printer
Published / Created: [not after 1785?]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed by J. Delahoy at his New Oddity Shop, No. 36, Waterlane, Black-Friars
Description: Verse begins: "Dear Aunt, my mother's hoop is come,".
In two columns, with the title spanning both at head and the imprint spanning both at foot, below a single rule made of long dashes; all within a border of type ornaments.
Text signed at end: J.D.
Dedication text precedes title: Dedicated to the Sisterhood of the Rotundos.
Pricing statement below imprint: (Price one penny).
According to an account of James Delahoy’s daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Omer Delahoy, he was active in Blackfriars until moving to Deptford, where his earliest imprints are dated 1786. See the entry Elizabeth Omer Delahoy in Nonconformist and Dissenting Women (https://www.nonconformistwomenwriters1650-1850.com/printers-and-booksellers-1690-1825/delahoy-elizabeth-omer).
Mounted on leaf 46. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 31 x 18 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 74 OL1 v. 3

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Single sheet verse
Broadside poems

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Orbis Record: 10506305
Object ID (OID): 17124805