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Bibliographic Citation:

Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600. The life and death of fair Rosamond, concubine to King Henry II ; to which is added The lass o' Gowrie. Stirling : Printed for the booksellers, [18--]

Alternative Title:

Fair Rosamond
Lass o' Gowrie.

Creator:

Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.

Publisher:

Printed for the booksellers, [18--]

Notes:

Cover title.
"The life and death of fair Rosamond" a ballad attributed to Thomas Deloney.
Cover included in pagination.
First two lines of "Fair Rosamond": "When as King Henry rul'd this land The second of that name."
First two lines of "The lass o' Gowrie": "Twas on a simmer's afternoon A wee before the sun gaed down."
Includes one woodcut (title vignette of a woman kneeling before an altar).
English and Scots.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 16 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Clifford, Rosamond, -- d. 1176? -- Poetry
Ballads, English -- Texts.
Ballads, Scots -- Texts.
Chapbooks, English -- Scotland -- Specimens.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Stirling -- 19th century.

Chapbook Category:

Song Books

Call Number:

PN970 B67 L54 1800z Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8007

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_B67_L54_1800z