Verse - "Once on a time, a little French Marquiss". Sometimes attributed to Sir James Bland Burges. Dated from another edition, issued as part of: 'Poetry; original and selected', vol. 1 (1st issue), Glasgow, [1796]. In two columns with the title in three lines centered above both; the columns are separated by a rule in a vague leaf pattern. Last line of first column: "On the Marquis she must impression made;". Mounted on leaf 51. 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.
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