Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The political songster, or, A touch on the times, on various subjects, and adapted to common tunes, ... / by John Freeth.
Call Number
Lapidus 5.2139
PR4705.F778 T68 1790
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc7s75dp57w
Publisher
Birmingham : Printed by Thomas Pearson, for the author, and sold by all the booksellers, 1790.
Language
English
Date Created
1790
Extent
xvi, 196 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 Bookplate of John L. Marks.
Princeton copy 2 Lapidus copy: on verso of title page, ink stamp of St. Peter's Priory, Hinckley.
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Purchased from Howard S. Mott (Sheffield, MA) in February 1997.
Princeton copy 2 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC T98387
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
"The Sixth Edition, with additions." Apparently a reissue with two extra leaves, pages 39*-40*, and an extra gathering (S) with four extra poems. Variously published with the title of The War-wickshire Medley, A Touch on the Times, and as here, contains a number of American Revolutionary War songs such as American Contest; Bunker's Hill, or the Soldier's Lamentation; Burgoyne's Defeat on the Plains of Saratoga; Prescot's Breeches; or the Old Soldier's Voyage to America; The Defeat of D'Estaing at Savannah, etc., as well as poems added here. Other Subjects include the theater, beer, festivals^ boxing (Stage-Boxing; Mendoza), etc.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 2 Lapidus copy: Quarter leather (rebacked); contemporary marbled boards.

Discovery Information

Subject
Political ballads and songs—England

Physical Characteristics

File Count
227

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c19771db-99ef-4983-aa5e-9d6be8a652e9/manifest