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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 ... In five volumes. The fourth edition. To which is added all Mr. D'Urfey's songs, ... together with his several ovations ..
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Playford, Henry, b. 1657.
- D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English wit and humor--Early works to 1800.
- English wit and humor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5v. ) ill.,music ;
- Other Title:
- Wit and mirth; or pills to purge melancholy
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, 1719.
- Notes:
- Dedication signed: T. D'Urfey.
- Each volume has an individual titlepage.
- A reissue of 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive', also published in 1719, with an added general titlepage and the drop-head title on p. 1 and running title in each volume changed to: 'Pills to purge melancholy'.
- 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, T134714.
- OCLC:
- 642392002
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