"Heading to engraved verses. A theatrical cabin-boy of feminine appearance, wearing a striped shirt and dark trousers, sings with his back to the sea, and within a few inches of the breakers. On the right are pasteboard rocks. A small boat is sinking, and a castle is lit by a flash of lightning.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '468' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of text above design: As sung (with unbounded applause) by Master Smalley in the popular pantomime of 'Mother Goose, or, the Golden Egg' already perform'd 87 times this season at the Theate. Royl. Cont. Gardn., and Eight lines of verse with repeated line beginning refrain arranged in two columns below title: The sea was rough, the clouds were dark; Far distant every joy, When forc'd by fortune to embark, I went a cabin boy. I went &c. My purse soon fill'd with frenchmen's gold, I hasten'd back with joy, When wreck'd in sight of port, behold The helpless Cabin Boy. I went &c.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 8, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Sailors, British, Singing, and Theatrical productions
For voice and piano; on two staves with interlinear words., Caption title., Publication date approximated from holdings of the British Library., All engraved., "Sung by Master Walsh at the Oratorios. Miss Poole -- and Miss Broadhurst at the Ladies Private Subscription Concert.", and Inscribed "John Percy" and "131" at foot of page 2. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for the author, No. 13 Tavistock Street, Bedford Square
"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 ..., and Plate numbered in upper left corner: 493.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 24, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"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
