Poor Robin's dream commonly called poor charity to a compleat tune well known by musicions and may others call'd A game of cards
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "How now my good fellow, why now all alone?"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two and a third woodcut above the third and fourth columns; rules separate the first and second and also the third and fourth columns., Above the last woodcut: The second part., Third woodcut signed: Sculp J.W., 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. 2.
Publisher:
Printed in this preasent year
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Popish Plot, 1678, War, Dreams, Ballads, English, Economics, Depressions, Scythes, Toys, Peg legs, Hourglasses, and Children
BEIN ENG76: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces: Indicated by "I"., CourtCards: Kings, Queens, Jacks with rank at upper left corner., Pip cards: Numbered X-II., and These cards apparently were copied from cards of another Popish Plot pack: they are reversed. Several variants of the Popish Plot pack exist. The workmanship of the present pack is crude, the impression, fair.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Popish Plot, 1678, Great Britain, Politics and Government, and History
