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
Verse in three parts begins: "Of all the merry folicks"., In five columns; the title spans the first two columns; the imprint spans the foot of the third through fifth columns; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Atkinson, "Street literature printing in Stonecutter Street (1740s-1780s)", Publishing history 78 (2018), 1-45., Mounted on leaf 66. 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 at Sympson's Warehouse, in Stonecutter Street, Fleet-Market
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "You gallant beaus of pleasure,"., In five columns with the title above the first three and the imprint below the first three; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Mounted on leaf 73. 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 at Sympson's warehouse, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet Market
Subject (Topic):
Husband and wife, Man-woman relationships, Money, Prostitution, Adultery, Wealth, and Deception
