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The union of the red rose and the white by a marriage between King Henry VII. and a daughter of King Edward IV
- Description
- ESTC T50448 ; Verse - "When York and Lancaster made war,". ; One of the woodcuts is that used by John White of Newcastle. ; The three woodcuts are: a crowned king with a ruff, standing the second a sour-looking 'Elizabetha Regina' the third woodcut depicts an ermined and crowned king the first woodcut (king with ruff) appears in ballads printed by John White of Newcastle (a search for the other two woodcuts in White ballads not undertaken) ; Printed in five columns with the woodcuts and the title above the first three columns the columns, except the third and fourth, are separated by plain rules. ; Imprint conjectured by cataloguer.
- Date
- 1750?
- Call number
- 289774
- 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,)
