The Roxburghe ballads . \, and sold by the Booksellers of London. The Pepysianwas printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, Clarke, Thackeray and Pas8< nger ;the Itawlinson earlier for Coles, Vere, and Wright alone; hut Euings loo addsIV. Gilberlson. Lind. by^ for A. M., soldbyC. Bates. Roxburghe broadsidehas a single woodcut (differing slightly from Bagford, I. 81), the same that hadbelonged to the ballad of The Crost Couple (Rnxb. Bds., iii. 648), re-engravedbut not issued, representing a Cupid standing (the reverse of the figure in ), at the left-hand side, with his bow in han
The Roxburghe ballads . \, and sold by the Booksellers of London. The Pepysianwas printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, Clarke, Thackeray and Pas8< nger ;the Itawlinson earlier for Coles, Vere, and Wright alone; hut Euings loo addsIV. Gilberlson. Lind. by^ for A. M., soldbyC. Bates. Roxburghe broadsidehas a single woodcut (differing slightly from Bagford, I. 81), the same that hadbelonged to the ballad of The Crost Couple (Rnxb. Bds., iii. 648), re-engravedbut not issued, representing a Cupid standing (the reverse of the figure in ), at the left-hand side, with his bow in hand, watching an amorous pair,a youthful lad and lass ; a castle on a hill is at the right-hand corner. In onevariation of this design there is substituted a tree with a boy looking out fromamong the branches ; in another version a face only is seen between the block is at Hertford. Substituted on p. 376 we give a cut (owing fromThe Virgin Race in Yorkshire, p 85«Mdf),see Introduction, p. 375. Date, c.
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