In five columns with the title and two woodcuts (one framed) above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules and the final two columns are in italic., A song in five columns: "There was a kinght [sic] was drunk with wine ...", Mounted on leaf 4. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
In four columns, with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by a line of ornaments., Full stop after "daughter" in first line of verse, Verse begins: "There was a shepherd's daughter.", Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 6. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane
Subject (Topic):
Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Love, Courtship, Knights, and Shepherdesses
A song from Richard Brome’s comedy ’A joviall crew’., Verse - "There was a jovial beggar,"., The same woodcut (2 figures either side of a mother with children) is used in ESTC T36852 which has a Thomas Saint imprint. The English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) suggests Thomas Saint was probably active 1761-1788., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; columns 1 & 2 and columns 3 & 4 are separated by ornamental rules., Artist's signature in woodcut: Sculp. J.W., Previously identified by Wing as a London imprint with a conjectural date of 1700. Not in Foxon, D.F. English verse, 1701-1750., Mounted on leaf 7. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Verse begins: "All you that delight in merriemnt,", In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Imprint below fourth column., Another printing (ESTC T207047), apparently from the same setting of type, has no imprint., 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 11. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary, Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Man-woman relations, Moral and ethical aspects, Seduction, Pregnancy, Weddings, Shoemakers, and Eating & drinking
Shepherd's daughter betray'd and Shepherd's daughter betrayed
Description:
Caption title., First verse - "Come all you constant lovers, and to me lend an ear,", In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint is below the last column, under a single rule composed of long dashes., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 12. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans, no. 41 Long-lane, Westsmithfield, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Social aspects, Parental consent, Murder, Arranged marriage, Doves, Nets, and Elk
Verse begins: "You maidens all, I pray give ear,", In four columns with the title and illustrations above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the last column, beneath a single rule., In this edition the two woodcuts from left to right depic a child and a woman playing a piano., Imprint below fourth column., Mary Bowley is not recorded as printing before 1799. See Maxted, I. London book trade, 1775-1800., Mounted on leaf 16. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed by M. Bowley, No. 96, Aldergate Street, London
Courtier’s new ballad, L--d M--r's L--y, and Courtier’s new ballad, or, the Lord Mayor’s lady
Description:
Satirical verse on the Address presented by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council to the King on 31 January 1727; see M.O. Percival, Political ballads illustrating the administration of Sir Robert Walpole (Oxford, 1916), p. 10-13, where the concealed names are glossed., In two columns, separated by a column of very large type ornaments; title extends above both columns; imprint at the foot of the second column., Verse begins: "My Lord M--r and his A--n and C--n C--l too," (i.e. My Lord Mayor and his Aldermen and Common Council too)., Imprint below second column., Mounted on leaf 17. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1., and Some loss of text near title.
Verse begins: "Now ponder well, ye parents dear,", In five columns with the title over the first two and with six woodcuts, one to each column but with two to the fourth; the columns are not separated by rule; the imprint is at the foot of the last column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 19. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans, no. 41, Long Lane, West Smithfield
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Fighting, Abondoned children, Deathbeds, and Jails
The country girl's policy: or, the Cockney outwitted and Cocknies outwitted to a pleasant new tune
Description:
Verse - "All you that are to mirth inclin'd". - In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 21. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the printing office in Stonecutter Street, Fleet Market
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two and a woodcut near the foot of the third; the columns are not separated by rules., Verse begins: "Part I. Country John's unfortunate ramble to London; or, the tricks of a town jilt" begins with "You young men that down in the country dwell,"., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 20. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
