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Table II: Order of Woodcuts

Though most title-blocks pass through various stages of recutting or deterioration, this account records only those states which fix the chronology of certain reprints. Except for state bi the dates cited below represent the period used in first editions.

                             
Order  Dates  Description 
1731 Jan-Aug  No block, title completely in letterpress. 
1731 Sept-1732 Apr, June-Sept  Block, two figures in archway, small circle before right door. 
b1   ?1731 Oct-  Upper part of towers gouged. Reused only for late reprintings of the May, Sept, Dec 1731 numbers. 
1732 May, Oct-Nov  Cut with more cross-hatching, no circle before right door. This block is more easily distinguished by the line immediately below it, now with broken n in Monthly. 
1732 Dec-1733 Apr; 1733 Aug-1741 Apr  Dog with long curled tail, two figures in archway. As in c a broken n below cut. In May 1734 the n is replaced with perfect letter; in Jan 1736 the entire line is deleted. 
1733 May-July; 1734 Sept-1746 Mar  Equestrian figure in center. Beginning in 1734 this is used interchangeably with d or as the alternate cut in a duplicate setting. 
e1   1746 Apr-1751 Nov  Top of left tower broken off. 
e2   1751 Dec-1753 Feb  Lower corner left tower also broken off. 
1753 Mar-1764 Sept  Female, long robed, in center. 
1764 Oct-1767 June; 1782 Nov-1790 June  Dog with short perpendicular tail, two figures in archway. Within the later period the number for April 1783 was issued without block. 
1767 July-1768 Feb  Man with wheelbarrow, woman to the side. 
h1   1768 Mar-1778 Sept; 1779 July-1781 July  Across block a diagonal break, touching wheel of barrow. 
h2   1781 Aug-1782 Oct  Second break, cutting across left window. 
1778 Oct-1779 June  Wagon, four pedestrians, and dog. Eventually superseded by two old cuts, first h 1-2, then g