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  This dataset comprises of images from chapbooks held by the [National Library of Scotland](https://www.nls.uk/) and digitised and published as its [Chapbooks Printed in Scotland](https://data.nls.uk/data/digitised-collections/chapbooks-printed-in-scotland/) dataset.
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- > "Chapbooks were staple everyday reading material from the end of the 17th to the later 19th century. They were usually printed on a single sheet and then folded into books of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, and they were often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Their subjects range from news courtship, humour, occupations, fairy tales, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, historical figures, transvestites [sic] and freemasonry to religion and, of course, poetry. It has been estimated that around two thirds of chapbooks contain songs and poems, often under the title garlands." -[Source](https://data.nls.uk/data/digitised-collections/chapbooks-printed-in-scotland/)
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  Chapbooks were frequently illustrated, particularly on their title pages to attract customers, usually with a woodblock-printed illustration, or occasionally with a stereotyped woodcut or cast metal ornament. Apart from their artistic interest, these illustrations can also provide historical evidence such as the date, place or persons behind the publication of an item.
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  This dataset comprises of images from chapbooks held by the [National Library of Scotland](https://www.nls.uk/) and digitised and published as its [Chapbooks Printed in Scotland](https://data.nls.uk/data/digitised-collections/chapbooks-printed-in-scotland/) dataset.
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+ > "Chapbooks were staple everyday reading material from the end of the 17th to the later 19th century. They were usually printed on a single sheet and then folded into books of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, and they were often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Their subjects range from news courtship, humour, occupations, fairy tales, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, historical figures, transvestites [*sic*] and freemasonry to religion and, of course, poetry. It has been estimated that around two thirds of chapbooks contain songs and poems, often under the title garlands." -[Source](https://data.nls.uk/data/digitised-collections/chapbooks-printed-in-scotland/)
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  Chapbooks were frequently illustrated, particularly on their title pages to attract customers, usually with a woodblock-printed illustration, or occasionally with a stereotyped woodcut or cast metal ornament. Apart from their artistic interest, these illustrations can also provide historical evidence such as the date, place or persons behind the publication of an item.
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