Verse begins: "My friend I would have you take my advice,"., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. Toward the foot of column two begins "The maiden's answer."., Date conjectured by cataloguer based on other editions of this work., Imprint below last column, separate by a single rule., In this edition, the illustration above the second column is of a man and a woman seated, bodies touching, with no tree. In another edition with an almost identical imprint (ESTC N70831), the illustration depicts a man and a woman standing, slightly apart, with a tree next to the man., Mounted on leaf 62. 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:
Sold at Sympson's printing-office, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Man-woman relationships, Marriage, Bachelors, Single women, Men, Social life and customs, Eating & drinking, Driniking vessels, Tobacco pipes, and Women
Verse - "You subjects of England, come listen a while;"., In three columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Date of publication from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 64. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
Kings and rulers, Horseback riding, Hunting, Deer, and Bloodhounds
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.
Verse - "A worthy squire of sober life,"., Signed at foot of the second column, above the single rule: Z. [i.e. Hannah More], Entered in the Stationers’ Register 26 June 1797, according to G.H. Spinney, "Cheap Repository tracts: Hazard and Marshall edition" (in Library, 4th series, volume 20:3 (December 1939), no. 102). Spinney does not record a broadside edition., The illustration is from the same block as that on the title page of the pamphlet edition of the same work (ESTC T37463), issued in Hannah More’s Cheap Repository., In two columns, with title and illustration above both columns, at foot of the second column, below a single rule, in italics, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall., Mounted on leaf 68. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Name):
Adam (Biblical figure) and Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Sparrows, Fall of man, Birds, Windows, Tableware, Table settings & decorations, and Tablecloths
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
Verse - "Is there never a man in all Scotland,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by plain rules., Mounted on leaf 61. 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:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Armstrong, John, d. 1528
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, War, Battle casualties, Soldiers, Armies, and History
Anonymous. By Thomas Deloney., Verse begins: "When as King Henry rul'd this land,", In five columns, with the title and illustration above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the last column, below a single rule., 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 39. 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 (Name):
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 and Clifford, Rosamond, -1176?
Subject (Topic):
Kings, Queens, Mistresses, Chalices, Daggers & swords, and Veils
Verse: Assist me ye muses, I pray lend your aid., 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., Printed in three columns with a woodcut above the first, and the title above the first two; imprint at foot of the third, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 29. 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 (Name):
Berwick, James Fitzjames, Duke of, 1670-1734 and Shore, Jane, -1527?.
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 begins: "Here you may see the turns of fate,", In five columns with the title above the first three and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Imprint below fifth column., Mounted on leaf 77. 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.
