"Heading to printed verses: 'As sung with unbounded Applause by Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Taylor, &c.' A grinning man, vulgarly fashionable, sits on a chair, singing, with music on his knee; an Italian greyhound (right) howls. A waiter puts a dish of salad on a table on which are Bologna sausage, cruet, &c. An opera-singer, 'Masteri', at the Orange coffee-house: With penny-o he will buy any, If it have Dandilioni, Saladini, beetrootini, Endivini, celerini, Napkinnini swingidini, . . . (ll. 16-20 of 62 ll.)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse in letterpress below title: Maseri was an opera-singer, liv'd in alley call'd Cranbon ..., Plate numbered in upper left corner: 493., and 1 print on wove paper : etching & engraving with stipple, hand-colored ; plate mark 18.3 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 31 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 24, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Below title: Part II containing 1. To an arbour of woodbines. 2 As Cloe sat shelter'd, &c. 3. Says Damon to Phillis, &c. ..., Mounted on leaf 70 in center. 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.
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
A commonplace book containing lists of toasts, dances, songs and quotations assembled by Christopher Finn. A section entitled "Elegant extracts" appears to be an extract from "The unfashionable wife. A novel" (published in London, 1772), perhaps to be used for recitation. The section "Matter for letters" contains suggests for well-turned phrases for the beginning, middle, and 'subscription'. The last page contains instructions to the person who might find this volume, promising a reward; he provides not only his own address but those of two friends, one in Birmingham and one London and a note to his friends assuring them than he will re-imburse them the price of postage and the reward to the finder, clear evidence of how important this volume was to the author
Alternative Title:
Company keepers companion and Chrisr. Finn's book, written Decemr. [the] 20th, 1797
Description:
Christopher Finn was a Dubliner who resided at No. 20 Winetavern Street., In English., Title from title page., Bound in original marbled paper wrapped around seven sheets of paper to create the effect of a soft board; two card endpapers to the front only. Original blotting sheet loosely inserted. Ink stamp "C:F 3" to front board., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Political ballads and songs, Irish, and Toasts
Title from item., Artist from British Museum catalogue., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls, plate numbered: 395., Title from broadside poem written by C. Dibdin, Esq. in letterpress below image., and Watermark: 1812.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 3, 1805 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
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
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
