The examination and tryal of old Father Christmas : together with his clearing by the jury, at the assizes held at the town of Difference, in the county of Discontent / written according to legal proceeding, by Josiah King.
The examination and tryal of old Father Christmas : together with his clearing by the jury, at the assizes held at the town of Difference, in the county of Discontent / written according to legal proceeding, by Josiah King.
Created/published
London : Printed for Charles Brome, at the Gun at the west end of S. Pauls, 1687 [i.e. 1686]
Wing transcribes title as "The examination and tryall ... ".
Actual publication date based on contemporary manuscript correction by Narcissus Luttrell in the Folger copy.
With an unattributed engraved frontispiece depicting Father Christmas (leaf A1).
Signatures: A-D⁸.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R227264 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), K511A
With manuscript price in Narcissus Luttrell's distinctive hand; date changed in manuscript to "1686." (Presumed) extended date in manuscript at foot of imprint cropped and unreadable. In a recent paper case binding, with a modern red sheepskin spine glued on.
