A pleasant history of the life and death of Will Summers. : And how hee came first to be knowne at the court, and how he came up to London, and by what meanes hee got to be King Henry the eights iester. With the entertainment that his cozen Patch, Cardinall Wolsey's foole, gave him at his Lords house, and how the hogs-heads of gold were known by this meanes, and were seized on at his seller in old Fish-street.
1637
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Title
A pleasant history of the life and death of Will Summers. : And how hee came first to be knowne at the court, and how he came up to London, and by what meanes hee got to be King Henry the eights iester. With the entertainment that his cozen Patch, Cardinall Wolsey's foole, gave him at his Lords house, and how the hogs-heads of gold were known by this meanes, and were seized on at his seller in old Fish-street.
Created/published
London : Printed by I. Okes and are to be sold by F. Grove and T. Lambart, 1637.
Description
[78] p. : ill. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Wolfreston, Frances, 1607-1677, former owner.
Note
Running title reads: The life and death of Will Summers.
Woodcut illustrations throughout.
Signatures: A⁸(-A8) B-E⁸.
Last leaf is blank.
Identified as STC 23434a on UMI microfilm reel 718.
Stationers' register: Entered to J. Okes 25 January [1637.]
Woodcut illustrations throughout.
Signatures: A⁸(-A8) B-E⁸.
Last leaf is blank.
Identified as STC 23434a on UMI microfilm reel 718.
Stationers' register: Entered to J. Okes 25 January [1637.]
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Vivat Rex! (catalog entry 41)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22917.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106026
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106026
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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STC 23434.5
Folger-specific note
Unbound; uncut. Blank at end torn. A few manuscript corrections to text. Provenance: inscribed on A3r: frances wolfreston her bouk. Curatorial file available.
Folger accession
6200