A helpe to memory and discourse : with table-talke, as musicke to a banquet of wine : being a compendium of witty, and vsefull propositions, problemes, and sentences, extracted from the larger volumes of physicians, philosophers, orators and poets : distilled in their assiduous and learned obseruations, and which for method, manner, and referent handling : may be fitly tearmed, a second misselany, or, helpe to discourse.
1630
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A helpe to memory and discourse : with table-talke, as musicke to a banquet of wine : being a compendium of witty, and vsefull propositions, problemes, and sentences, extracted from the larger volumes of physicians, philosophers, orators and poets : distilled in their assiduous and learned obseruations, and which for method, manner, and referent handling : may be fitly tearmed, a second misselany, or, helpe to discourse.
Created/published
London : Printed by T.B. for Leonard Becket, and are to be sold at his shop in the Temple, neere the Church, 1630.
Description
[6], 162, 165-186 p. ; 14 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Basse, William, B., W. (William Basse), -approximately 1653, attributed name, dubious author.
Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?, attributed name, dubious author.
Pond, Edward, -1629, attributed name, dubious author.
Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?, attributed name, dubious author.
Pond, Edward, -1629, attributed name, dubious author.
Note
Published anonymously; sometimes attributed to William Basse and E. Phillips or E. Pond, which STC calls very doubtful (see STC 1548). The attribution to Phillips is impossible because he was born after the first edition. May be the same authors as STC 1548, A helpe to discourse ...
"Table-talke, as musicke to a banquet of wine" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by Tho. Brudenell, for Leonard Becket", on leaf F3r.
Contains on p. 45-46, and p. 143 the earliest known printings of two poems by John Donne. Cf. Keynes.
Signatures: A-G12 H12(-H12).
Stationers' register: Table-talke entered 16 November 1620.
"Table-talke, as musicke to a banquet of wine" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by Tho. Brudenell, for Leonard Becket", on leaf F3r.
Contains on p. 45-46, and p. 143 the earliest known printings of two poems by John Donne. Cf. Keynes.
Signatures: A-G12 H12(-H12).
Stationers' register: Table-talke entered 16 November 1620.
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), 13051.3
Keynes, G. Donne (4th ed.), 73b
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S3795
Keynes, G. Donne (4th ed.), 73b
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S3795
Includes
Table-talke, as musicke to a banquet of wine.
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 13051.3: "An unfinished gold-tooled binding", The Collation (5 July 2016)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 13051.3
Folger-specific note
Leaves D6-7 misbound after E6; cropped at head, affecting many running titles and page numbers; very stained and frayed. Acquired from Dobell's Antiquarian Bookstore, Tunbridge Wells, 1945-05-08. Prior to acquisition by Folger, it had been bound together with STC 1551.5 in worn calf with a loose cover; disbound by Dobell, who offered only this volume to the Folger. Bound by Folger staff between 1945 and 1960 in blue goatskin with partially incomplete gold tooling.
Folger accession
5.8.45
Former call number
STC 13051.2