Edited by James Shirley--cf. Pforzheimer catalogue. In the title, "wit" and "help" are bracketed together. Printer's name from Pforzheimer catalogue. Running title reads: No wit like a womans. Last leaf is blank.
ESTC staff note
Catalogued from the Pforzheimer Library catalogue. The Pforzheimer (and DFo) copy has a frontis. portrait which, according to Greg, belongs with Middleton's Two new plays, 1657.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), M1985 Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 700 Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, 778(A) English short title catalogue (ESTC), R16728
5/31/40. Green morocco with gilt triple fillet border, gilt tooled spine panels and edges of boards, and gilt rolled turn-ins; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. With frontis. port. Manuscript markings and notes. Lacking adv. and final blank. Some print show-through. Provenance: armorial bookplate of William Stirling (motto "gang forward / poco a poco / chi dura vince"); armorial bookplate of Frederick Locker (motto "fear God / fear nought"); on front fly-leaf, autograph of W. A. White, dated 27 April 1905; Folger purchase from White (- see Harold T. White correspondence file, letter and enclosures dated May 7, 1940, lot no. 4192)