Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a penny-worth of wit"., Printed in five columns with the title and imprint above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Full stop at end of title and no punctutation at end of the first line of verse., 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 13. 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 by J. Evans and Co. 41 Long-lane West-Smithfield
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a pennyworth of wit,"., In five columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are not separated by rules., Full stop at end of title., 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 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. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Bow-Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse of 26 lines in acrostic form; first lines: O God, my God! In rivers of my tears I come to thee., Below imprint: Price One Penny, or 8d per dozen., 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. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by W. Bailey, at No. 28 Great Tower-street, London
In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules., Date range conjectural; other ballads with similar imprints are also undated; printer’s name conjectured from other imprints recorded by Wing., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In this setting line 24 begins with "straight"., Not in Wing., Mounted on leaf 52. 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 Sheet in two pieces repaired and mounted as one piece.
Publisher:
Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Caption title above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse begins: "When first I came to London town,"., In two columns with the title in four lines centered above both; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 55. 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.
Verse begins: "Henry our royal King would ride a hunting,"., 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., 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., Mounted on leaf 5. 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.
Princely song of King Richard, sirnamed Cordelion, and of his bold courage and lamentable death
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., "A noble Christian warrior,". - In five columns with the title, prose introduction and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., Full imprint statement reads: Northampton, Printed by William Dicey, of whom may be had all sorts of old and new ballads, broadsheets, histories, copper plates, pictures cut in wood, &c. much better printed, and cheaper than at any other place in England., Mounted on leaf 26. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Title from first two lines of verse., 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. 3.
"God above that made all things,". - In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental 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., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third, below a single rule; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., 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. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Drinking of alchoholic beverages, Tobacco pipes, Drinking vessels, Wine, Bottles, and Smoking
