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The cruel knight and the fortunate farmer's daughter

Description
ESTC T34453 ; Verse - "In famous York-city a farmer did dwell,". ; In four columns with the title above the first two the columns are not separated by rules. ; Another issue with the imprint "Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary church [sic] yard [sic]" is known.
Type
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Date
1775?
Call number
289779
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
23 x 32 cm ( obl.1/2 sheet)
Associated people
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, (1864-1958,)
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