The Wealthy farmers choice, or, The beautiful damosels fortunate marriage : Fair beauty bright, was his delight, He would not wed for gold : in his loves face, each charming grace, his fancy did behold / To the tune of Cold and raw ; This may be printed, R.P.

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Broadsides.

Marriage--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Marriage.

Marriage--Poetry.

England--London.

Genre:

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 J[osiah]. Blare, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, [1687?]

Summary:

Ballad about a farmer wooing and marrying a beautiful woman.

Notes:

Place and date of publication and publisher's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.

The words "Fair beauty bright ... his fancy did behold." are printed in two columns, gathered in between by a set of inverted brackets.

Verse - "Near a pleasant shady grove,".

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), W1187

ESTC (RLIN), ESTCR227625.

OCLC:

63661558