The politick wife, or, The devil outwitted by a woman

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Title: The politick wife, or, The devil outwitted by a woman
Alternative Title: Devil outwitted by a woman
Published / Created: [between 1775 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
Description: Verse - "Of all the plagues upon the earth,".
In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint at foot of the last column below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules.
Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157.
Mounted on leaf 20. 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.) : 20 x 31 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Humor
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1775
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Subject (Topic): Ballads, English
Poverty
Devil in literature
Husband and wife
Women
Devil
Temptation
Subjects: Ballads, English > 18th century
Poverty > Early works to 1800
Devil in literature > Early works to 1800
Husband and wife > Early works to 1800
Women > Humor > Early works to 1800
Devil > Early works to 1800
Temptation > Early works to 1800
Devil
England > London > 1775

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