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Wit and mirth; or pills to purge melancholy : being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. ... having each their proper tune ...
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Playford, Henry, b. 1657.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English wit and humor--Early works to 1800.
- English wit and humor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (6v. ) ill.,music ;
- Other Title:
- Wit and mirth; or pills to purge melancholy
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, 1719-20.
- Notes:
- Dedication signed: T. D'Urfey.
- Includes orations, poems, prologues and epilogues by D'Urfey.
- A reissue of 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive' published in 1719, with the drop-head title on p. 1 and the running title in vols. 1 to 5 changed to: 'Pills to purge melancholy' and with the addition of a sixth and final volume dated 1720.
- The first two volumes mostly contain songs by the editor Thomas D'Urfey, with the remainder being those originally collected and published by Henry Playford.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T134713.
- OCLC:
- 642391998
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