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Title
The high-priz'd pin-box: This damsel she doth set great store, by her pin-box fine and rare but every ordinary whore, hath got suck kind of ware. To the tune of, Let every man with cap in hand, &c
Date Created and/or Issued
1750
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Printed Books
Rights Information
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Description
ESTC N68227 ; Verse - "I Have a gallant Pin-Box," ; In this edition, the text is in four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two columns. The first and second columns are separated by an ornamental rule, as are the third and fourth columns. The last line of text reads: "As long as they can stare."
Type
text
Format
Image
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcut) ; 20 x 31 cm. (obl. 1/2 sheet).
Identifier
289768
280974
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll3/id/5606
Subject
Broadsides--Great Britain--Early works to 1800
Ballads, English--18th century
Prostitution--Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships--Early works to 1800
Sexual intercourse--Early works to 1800
Women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
Broadsides. (rbgenr)
Broadside poems. (rbgenr)
Source
Printed Books, Huntington Digital Library

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