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The ballad of the cloak: or, the cloak's knavery. Tune of, Packington's Pound

Description: ESTC N68231 ; A reprint of the song originally published with the title 'Cloak's knavery'. ; Song. "Come buy my new Ballet,". ; In this edition, the text is in three columns, with the title and two woodcuts above the first two columns. The columns are not separated by any rules. The first woodcut is of an old man walking. The second woodcut is of a man standing in front of two men sitting at a table. ; An attack on the Presbyterians' part in the commonwealth.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1701?
Call number: 289777
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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The ballad of the cloak: or, the cloak's knavery. Tune of, Packington's Pound

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