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The Wits, or, Sport upon sport. In selected pieces of drollery, digested into scenes by way of dialogue. Together with variety of humours of several nations, fitted for the pleasure and content of all persons, either in court, city, country, or camp. The like never before published. Part I.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Forrest Collection PR1251 .W57 1672
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drolls.
- Physical Description:
- 2 preliminary leaves, 186, [2] pages 17 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, Printed by E.C. for Fancis [sic] Kirkman, next Door to the Sign of the Princes Arms, in St. Pauls Church-Yard. 1672.
- Notes:
- "A catalogue of the several droll-humours, from what plays collected, and what page to be found in this book": 1 p. at end.
- Twenty-seven drolls founded chiefly upon scenes from the plays of Shakespeare, Fletcher, Shirley and others, collected by Fletcher Kirkman.
- No more published.
- Local Notes:
- Furness PR1251 .W57 1672 bound with: Wits. Part II. London : Printed for Fran. Kirkman, and are to be sold by most book-sellers, 1673. imperfect: leaf O6 wanting. Text of The wits, part II bound after the title leaf and preface of The wits, part I; text of The wits, part I. bound after the title leaf and preface of The wits, part II. Presented to the Penn Libraries by Horace Howard Furness, Jr., and Louise Brooks Winsor Furness. Autograph of Robert Vaughan dated 1725.
- Forrest PR1251 .W57 1672 bound with: Wits. Part II. London : Printed for Fran. Kirkman, and are to be sold by most book-sellers, 1673. Imperfect: title leaf, preface and plate of The wits, part I, wanting with title leaf and preface of The wits, part II, bound in their places; leaf O5 wanting; text supplied in ms. on inserted leaf.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.) W3219.
- Elson, J. J. The wits.
- OCLC:
- 27753474
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