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The low-country soldier turned burgomaster

Description
ESTC T222008 ; A song - "Here you may see the turns of fate," - In five columns with the title above the first three and two woodcuts above the first two the columns are not separated by rules.
Type
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Date
1760?
Call number
289767
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 1/2 sheet)
Associated people
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, (1864-1958,)
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