Chapbooks were affordable, popular literature widely sold in the 18th century by traveling dealers (chapmen). These illustrated booklets, typically 16-24 pages, featured content like ballads, folk tales, and short biographies.
Chapbooks were popular, inexpensive booklets, especially prevalent in the 18th century, sold by traveling dealers called 'chapmen.' They contained ballads, folk tales, and short biographies, often illustrated and typically consisting of 16 or 24 pages.
| Front | chapbooks |
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| Back | popular literature, especially profuse during 18 th, sold by wandering dealers (chapmen) and comprising ballads , folk-tales , assorted tracts, fairy-tales , contemporary legends and short biographical pieces generally illustrated with woodcuts, they numbered 16, or 24 pages depending on format, and were priced at a few pennies |
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