VVits recreations. : Containing 630. epigrams. 160: epitaphs. Variety of fancies and fantasticks, good for melancholly humours.
1641
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Title
VVits recreations. : Containing 630. epigrams. 160: epitaphs. Variety of fancies and fantasticks, good for melancholly humours.
Uniform title
Wit's recreations.
Created/published
London : Printed by Thomas Cotes, for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-Hill, 1641.
Description
[348] p. : ill. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671, attributed name.
Smith, James, 1605-1667, attributed name.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, printmaker.
Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.
Smith, James, 1605-1667, attributed name.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, printmaker.
Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.
Note
Attributed by Wing to Sir John Mennes; also attributed to James Smith, but includes the work of others as well.
Added title page ([A]2r) engraved and signed: Witt's recreations augmented, ... London, printed for Humph: Blunden at ye Castle in Corn-hill. W. Marshall sculpsit 1641.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-X⁸ Y⁸(-Y8) Z⁴(-Z4).
First leaf contains "The frontespeice discovered" on verso.
Originally published in 1640 as "Wits recreations".
Added title page ([A]2r) engraved and signed: Witt's recreations augmented, ... London, printed for Humph: Blunden at ye Castle in Corn-hill. W. Marshall sculpsit 1641.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-X⁸ Y⁸(-Y8) Z⁴(-Z4).
First leaf contains "The frontespeice discovered" on verso.
Originally published in 1640 as "Wits recreations".
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), M1720
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R32422
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R32422
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
M1720 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs289. Running title variant (cf. Folger smk M1720 Copy 2): "Enigma" on T1v, T2r, T2v, T6v, T7r, T7v, T8r, and T8v (N.B.: bifolium T3.6 probably from another copy). Imperfect: lacking first two leaves, T4.5, Y3,5,6,7, and Z1; lacking leaves are supplied in photostats from Harvard Library copy. L8 is probably from another copy. Manuscript notes and markings. R1 mutilated and backed at fore-edge (affected text supplied in manuscript). Z2 mutilated at spine-fold, affecting text
Call number
M1720 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Running title: "Fancies and fantasticks" throughout. Imperfect: lacking gathering [A], I6, gathering P, T3.6, and all after X7. Manuscript notes and markings. Remnant of label on front board. Inscription across head fore-edge