The doting old dad, or, The unequal match betwixt a rich muckworm of fourscore and ten, and a young lass scarce nineteen : When dads thus old, whose blood is cold, young damsels seeks to wed : for their neglect, they may expect horns grafted on their head / to the tune of, All trades ; this may be printed, R.P.

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Satire, English--Early works to 1800.

Satire, English.

Marriage--Humor--Early works to 1800.

Marriage.

Broadsides.

England--London.

Broadsides--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Humor.

Ballads -- England -- 17th century.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; oblong 1/2⁰

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for P. Brooksby, at the sign [of] the Golden- Ball, near the Hospital gate, in West-Smithfield, [1685?]

Summary:

Ballad about the disadvantages of a May/December relationship.

Notes:

Imprint from Wing, which estimates date "1685-8".

Verse - "There was a young damsel of late,".

The words "When dads .. their head." are bracketed together in two columns on the title page.

Filmed copy at Adam Matthew's set Women Advising Women: Part 5: Women's writing and advice, c1450-1720, reel 3, Douce Ballads 1[116], right margin trimmed, affecting text and imprint.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Microfilm. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Publications ; Oxford, England : Bodleian Photographic Service. 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), D1955

ESTC (RLIN), ESTCR214509.

OCLC:

63661410