First line of text: Come listen, young lovers, awhile, and you'll find., Printed in four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules, which are ornate and vary in design, and the imprint is printed beneath the third and fourth columns., In this edition there is a semi-colon after 'bull' in the title; other editions have a colon after 'bull'., Cf. no. N482876 in ESTC., Also printed with slight variation in imprint., Mounted on leaf 30. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the printing office in Bow-Church-Yard
Date of publication from ESTC., First line: "Yesterday Dr. Prettyman preach'd at St. James's-"., In two columns with the title centered above both; the columns are separated by a plain rule., Refers to Sir John Fielding, who died in 1780. Similar item at T36832 with imprint: Fowler, printer, Salisbury., A selection of statements on contemporary events, made ridiculous by their association with other events., Mounted on leaf 34. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Advertising, Newspaper, Wit and humor, and Reading
Date of publication from ESTC., A slip-song - "And now, to be brief, let's pass over the rest,". - The song, on John of the Vale, a tinker, meeting James I, is usually known as 'King James and the tinker'., Mounted on leaf 41. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "A virtuous young lady, ingenious and fair,"., Printed in italic; in four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 42. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Elopement, Parent and child, and Man-woman relationships
Date of publication from ESTC., First line: "You see in us a melancholy instance of the depravity of the times ..., In one column with the title centered above; enclosed in border., A political satire, with reference to the shop tax imposed in 1785., Mounted on leaf 43. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Public opinion, Taxation, Merchants, Political activity, and Politics and government
Date of publication from ESTC., In two columns with the title centered above both; enclosed in border., Relating to the Act of Parliament on gold enacted in 1774., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Guinea (Coin), Coinage, Law and legislation, and Economic conditions
Delahoy, James, approximately 1757-approximately 1835], author, printer
Published / Created:
[not after 1785?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Dedicated to the sisterhood of the rotundos
Description:
Verse begins: "Dear Aunt, my mother's hoop is come,"., In two columns, with the title spanning both at head and the imprint spanning both at foot, below a single rule made of long dashes; all within a border of type ornaments., Text signed at end: J.D., Dedication text precedes title: Dedicated to the Sisterhood of the Rotundos., Pricing statement below imprint: (Price one penny)., According to an account of James Delahoy’s daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Omer Delahoy, he was active in Blackfriars until moving to Deptford, where his earliest imprints are dated 1786. See the entry Elizabeth Omer Delahoy in Nonconformist and Dissenting Women (https://www.nonconformistwomenwriters1650-1850.com/printers-and-booksellers-1690-1825/delahoy-elizabeth-omer)., Mounted on leaf 46. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Delahoy at his New Oddity Shop, No. 36, Waterlane, Black-Friars
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Young lovers pray draw near, a story you shall hear,". - In four columns with the title over the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Full imprint reads: "London : Printed and sold at Sympson's Warehouse, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market"., Mounted on leaf 48. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
printed and sold at Sympson's warehouse
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Merchants, Criminal behavior, Love, Letter-writing, Charity, Man-woman relationships, and Social life and customs
Verse - "You women in city and country I pray". - In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., In four columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., 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., Title ends with a comma., Mounted on leaf 50. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Husband and wife, Pregnancy, Adultery, Domestics, Men, Sexual behovior, Women, Sexual behavior, Sex, Farmers, Astrology, and Physicians
Date of publication from ESTC., First line: "Sir, I have herewith sent you a description of Christ Church, given me by a person who is not thoroughly"., In two columns with the title in four lines centered above both; the columns are not separated by rules., The letter is written in dialect., Mounted on leaf 56. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
