Nonsence upon sence, or, Sence upon nonsence : choose you whether, either or neither : the third part to the same sence as the first and second, and the third time printed, for the same reasons aleadged in the former impressions ... : and the lamentable death and buriall of a Scotish Gallaway Nagge / written upon white paper, in a browne study, betwixt Lammas Day and Cambridge, in the yeare aforesayd ; beginning at the latter end, and written by John Taylor at the sign of the Poor Poets Head, in Phoenix Alley, near the middle of Long Acre, or Covent Garden ; anno millimo, quillimo, trillimo, daffadillimo, pulcher.
1651
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Nonsence upon sence, or, Sence upon nonsence : choose you whether, either or neither : the third part to the same sence as the first and second, and the third time printed, for the same reasons aleadged in the former impressions ... : and the lamentable death and buriall of a Scotish Gallaway Nagge / written upon white paper, in a browne study, betwixt Lammas Day and Cambridge, in the yeare aforesayd ; beginning at the latter end, and written by John Taylor at the sign of the Poor Poets Head, in Phoenix Alley, near the middle of Long Acre, or Covent Garden ; anno millimo, quillimo, trillimo, daffadillimo, pulcher.
Edition
The third edition, with addition, upon condition that (by tradition) the reader may laugh, if hee list.
Created/published
[London?] : [s.n.], [1651?]
Description
22, [2] p. ; 17 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Taylor, John, 1580-1653, author.
Fairfax of Cameron, Albert Fairfax, Baron, 1870-1939, former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Riviere, Robert, 1808-1882, binder.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Fairfax of Cameron, Albert Fairfax, Baron, 1870-1939, former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Riviere, Robert, 1808-1882, binder.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Edition statement immediately follows "impressions" on title page.
Place and date of publication as London 1651, suggested by the publication of the first two parts (Wing T491, T491A).
Signatures: A⁸ B⁴; B4 blank.
Not 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 (2nd ed.)
Edition statement immediately follows "impressions" on title page.
Place and date of publication as London 1651, suggested by the publication of the first two parts (Wing T491, T491A).
Signatures: A⁸ B⁴; B4 blank.
Not 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 (2nd ed.)
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R505311
Genre/form
Poems.
Pamphlets.
Nonsense verse.
Pamphlets.
Nonsense verse.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
269- 357q
Folger-specific note
Trimmed closely at head, affecting headlines on many leaves. Manuscript numbers. Armorial bookplate (motto: Fare fac): Ex libris Fairfax of Cameron. Bookplate: Robert S Pirie. Sotheby's provenance note: "S.R. Christie-Miller, Britwell Court Library (Sotheby's, 4 April 1924, lot 749). ... Acquisition: Charles W. Traylen, 1962." Bound in polished calf, edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with gilt supralibros of the Miller family on boards, signed "Bound by Riviere." Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2015-12-02/04, lot 794. Adopted by David Johnson and Wendy Frieman, Acquisitions Night 2016.
Folger accession
269357