The merry broomfield, or, The west country wager. To a new tune. Licens'd according to order

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Title: The merry broomfield, or, The west country wager. To a new tune. Licens'd according to order
Alternative Title: West country wager
Published / Created: [between 1711 and 1769]
Publication Place: Newcastle and England London
Publisher: printed and sold by John White, in Pilgrim-street
Description: Verse - "A noble young 'squire that liv'd in the west,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by ornamental rules.
Range of publication dates from the Bodleian Library Ballads database.
In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. Imprint below ornamental line in third and fourth columns.
Mounted on leaf 4. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 19 x 33 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Broadsides
Ballads, English
Songs, English
Joking
Man-woman relationships
Sex
Wagers
Hunting
Bows (Archery)
Arrows
Deer
Subjects: Broadsides > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Ballads, English > 18th century
Songs, English > 18th century
Joking > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800
Sex > Early works to 1800
Wagers > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Hunting
Bows (Archery)
Arrows
Deer

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