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A courtly new ballad of the princely wooing of the fair maid of London, by King Edward. Tune of, Bonny sweet Robin
- Description
- ESTC T34343 ; Also known as 'Virtue and beauty in danger'. ; Verse - "Fair angel of England thy beauty most bright". ; Includes 'The fair maid of London's answer to King Edward'. ; In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two the first and second columns only are separated by a line of ornamental type.
- Date
- 1750?
- Call number
- 289773
- 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
- 21 x 31 cm (oblong 1/2 sheet)
- Associated people
- Perrins, Charles William Dyson, (1864-1958,)
