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Title
The woody choristers: or, the birds of harmony. In two parts. When birds could speak, and women they had neither good nor bad to say, the pretty birds then fill'd with pain, did to each other thus complain. To the tune of, The bird-catchers delight, &c
Date Created and/or Issued
1775
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Printed Books
Rights Information
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Description
ESTC N68222 ; Verse - "Oh! says the Cuckow, loud and stout,". ; In this edition, there are four columns of text, with the title and woodcut above the first two columns. The first and second columns are separated by a line of ornamental type, as are the third and fourth columns. ; Imprint conjectured by cataloguer.
Type
text
Format
Image
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcut) ; (obl. 1/2 sheet)
Identifier
289739
280945
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll3/id/5577
Subject
Broadsides--Great Britain--Early works to 1800
Ballads, English--18th century
Birds--Folklore--Early works to 1800
Birds in literature--Early works to 1800
Conversation--Early works to 1800
Broadsides. (rbgenr)
Broadside poems. (rbgenr)
Source
Printed Books, Huntington Digital Library

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