Verse - "I pray attend unto this jest,". - In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments; imprint below the last two columns., 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 37. 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 Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Defloration, Prostitution, Man-woman relationships, Young women, Conduct of life, Clothing and dress, Social aspects, and Social life and customs
In three columns with a woodcut of a man and a woman, and the title, above all of the columns; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type., Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Young men and maids I pray give ear,"., 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. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Unrequited love, Man-woman relationships, Monsters, Betrayal, Wealth, Social aspects, and Revenge
Date from ESTC., Verse begins: "Let all loyal lovers, which round me do stand,", In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the sequence of woodcuts is: a ship near a castle and a couple in the country; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Mounted on leaf 45. 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
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Fathers and daughters, Sex roles, Disguise, Man-woman relationships, Courtship, Lifestyle, Impressment, Cruelty, Love, Sailing ships, Castles & palaces, and Country life
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse. - "In Auchtermuchty lived a man,". - In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; there are dividing ornamental rules between the first and second as well as between the third and fourth columns. - In this edition "good-man" is hyphenated and there is no comma after "or" in the title., 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. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Broadsides, Farmers, House cleaning, Husband and wife, Man-woman relationships, and Sex role
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
Verse - "You gallants all I pray draw near ...", In this edition, the title has a semi-colon following "son", "beggar-wench" is spelled with a hyphen, and "Hull" is in italic capitals; the images are: left, a woman with her hand out; right, a man and a horse; there is no comma following "all" in the first line; the first two columns have the refrain "Fa, la, &c." printed below them; the colums are divided by columns of type-ornaments; the imprint is set on two lines, below column 4, with a row of type-ornaments (different from those used between the columns) above., The first woodcut is of a destitute woman reaching out toward a doorway; the second woodcut is of a well-dressed man standing by a black horse., Mounted on leaf 3. 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, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Disguise, Man-woman relationships, Begging, Taverns (Inns), Robbery, Rogues and vagabonds, Horses, Doors & doorways, and Beggars
Verse - "A noble young 'squire that liv'd in the west,". - 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 ornamental rules., Range of publication dates from the Bodleian Library Ballads database., 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 lines of ornamental type. Imprint below ornamental line in third and fourth columns., 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. 2.
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Kind gentlemen, will you be patient a while?". - Prefatory note and illustration taken from 'A collection of old ballads', 1723-25., Printed in five columns with the title, woodcut, and prose introduction above the first three; the columns are not separated lines of ornamental type., Full imprint reads: Northampton Printed for Robert Dicey; of whom may be had all sorts of old and new ballads, broad-sheets, histories, pictures cut in wood, and engrav'd on copper plate, &c. with finer cuts, much better printed, and cheaper than in any other place in England., Also available on microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1985. - 1 reel ; 35mm. - (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1491, no. 44) [For microfilm ask in Rare Books Room]., Mounted on leaf 38. Copy trimmed. In two pieces rejoined and repaired., 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 from ESTC., Verse in three parts: "Of all the merry frolicks"., In five columns with the title above the first two; one woodcut is above the first column depicting a man and the second depicting a demon is above the fourth column; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 17. 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 by M. Bowley, No. 96 Aldersgate Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Fathers and daughters, Parent and child, Courtship, Lifestyle, Deception, Man-woman relationships, Clergy, Love, and Demons