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The jovial batchelor

Title
The jovial batchelor.
Published
London : Sold at Sympson's printing-office, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market, [ca. 1775?]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : 2 woodcuts ; 22 x 27 cm
Notes
Verse begins: "My friend I would have you take my advice,".
In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. Toward the foot of column two begins "The maiden's answer.".
Date conjectured by cataloguer based on other editions of this work.
Imprint below last column, separate by a single rule.
In this edition, the illustration above the second column is of a man and a woman seated, bodies touching, with no tree. In another edition with an almost identical imprint (ESTC N70831), the illustration depicts a man and a woman standing, slightly apart, with a tree next to the man.
Variant and related titles
My friend I would have you take my advice ...
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 20, 2012
References
English short title catalogue, N511057
Genre/Form
Single sheet verse.
Broadside poems.
Woodcuts.
Also listed under
England London.
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