Attributed to Nahum Tate. First line reads: When first the Tatler to a mute was turn'd. In one column. At the foot of the sheet and on the verso are advertisements for other books and pamphlets printed for Curll.
Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
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Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.