THE JURY OF OLD WOMEN; / OR, / THE TRIAL OF A YOUNG GIRL'S CON- /SCIENCE.; followed

by 10 verses of poetry, the first nine of four lines each, the final verse with six lines

$1,500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

London? : np, nd ca. 1780-1825? . Broadside verse printed on laid paper, 15 x 5 1/8 inches, 10 stanzas. At the head of the broadside is a small woodcut 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches picturing a man and woman in 18th-century dress; below the text is a second small woodcut 1 x 1 1/8 inches picturing a shoe and other domestic items. The verse is full of the laments of a newly married young woman who is worried she marry'd a man and he's but half a blade. Some

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