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The beggars chorus or, the jovial crew. To an excellent new play-house tune

Description: ESTC T21492 ; A song from Richard Brome's comedy 'A joviall crew'. ; Imprint suggested by cataloger. ; Verse - "There was a jovial beggar,". ; In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two the columns are separated by ornamental rules, although not between the second and third columns.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1750?
Call number: 289761
Creator: Brome, Richard (-1652?)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Francis Edward, 1953. With the bookplate of C. W. Dyson Perrins. Previously bound with other ballads and broadside printed materials in a red grained morocco binding. The items were disbound and cataloged separately, see call numbers 289716-289788. The binding was retained, see call number: 195358.
Dimensions: oblong broadsheet
Associated people: Perrins, Charles William Dyson, (1864-1958,)
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