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Barbara Allen's cruelty: or the young man's tragedy. With Barbara Allen's lamentation for her unkindness to her lover, and her ownself [sic]. Licensed and entered according to order

Description: ESTC T21369 ; Verse - "In Scarlet Town where I was bound,". ; In four columns with the title and a woodcut above the first two the first and second columns as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. ; In this edition "Licensed and entered according to order" is in roman type and sandwiched by rules made up of cherubim in the main.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: Printed in this present year. [1760?]
Call number: 289775
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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