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.
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by rules., Verse begins: "You London dames, that love to range", Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 23. 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 Bow-Church-Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, London, and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Prostitution, Apprentices, Women, Moral and ethical aspects, Social conditions, Men, Sex, Prostitutes, Abused children, and Social life and customs
Verse begins: "Come all that love to be merry,", In four columns, with the title and illustrations above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments; the imprint is below the last two columns., Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date conjectural., Mounted on leaf 22. 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 Sympson's Warehouse, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Women, Social conditions, Men, Moral and ethical aspects, and Sex
Lawyer outwitted to the tune of I'll love thee more and more
Description:
In four columns with lines of ornamental type between each column; the title and two woodcuts are above the first two columns., Verse begins: "Of a rich counsellor I write,", Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 24. 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 Bow-Church-Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Elopement, Love, Man-woman relationships, Fathers and daughters, Lawyers, Wealth, and Horseback riding
Verse begins: "You lovers that are now to mirth inclin'd,", In four columns with the title and two woodcuts over the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments; the imprint is below the last two columns., Date is conjectural., Mounted on leaf 25. 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 Stonecutter-Street, Fleet Market
