The wits, or, Sport upon sport. : In select pieces of drollery, digested into scenes by way of dialogue. Together with variety of humors of several nations, fitted for the pleasure and content of all persons, either in court, city, countrey, or camp. The like never before published. Part I.
1662
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The wits, or, Sport upon sport. : In select pieces of drollery, digested into scenes by way of dialogue. Together with variety of humors of several nations, fitted for the pleasure and content of all persons, either in court, city, countrey, or camp. The like never before published. Part I.
Uniform title
Wits. Part 1.
Created/published
London : Printed for Henry Marsh, at the sign of the Princes Arms in Chancery-Lane, 1662.
Description
[8], 186, [10] p. : ill. (engraving) ; (8vo)
Associated name
Kirkman, Francis, 1632-approximately 1680.
Cox, Robert, -1655.
Marsh, Henry, active 1663-1664. Actaeon and Diana.
Cox, Robert, -1655.
Marsh, Henry, active 1663-1664. Actaeon and Diana.
Note
Preface signed by the publisher, Henry Marsh.
"A collection of 27 drolls, some taken from plays by Shakespeare and others. Five of them were previously issued with the title: Actaeon and Diana, by Robert Cox. The compilation has been attributed to Francis Kirkman"--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
With an engraved frontispiece (A1v).
Leaves H5,6 misimposed. Variant: leaves H5,6 are cancelled and replaced with bifolium in which imposition has been corrected.
With five final advertisement leaves.
Caption title, p. 1: The bouncing knight, or, The robers rob'd.
A second part was published in 1673.
"A collection of 27 drolls, some taken from plays by Shakespeare and others. Five of them were previously issued with the title: Actaeon and Diana, by Robert Cox. The compilation has been attributed to Francis Kirkman"--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
With an engraved frontispiece (A1v).
Leaves H5,6 misimposed. Variant: leaves H5,6 are cancelled and replaced with bifolium in which imposition has been corrected.
With five final advertisement leaves.
Caption title, p. 1: The bouncing knight, or, The robers rob'd.
A second part was published in 1673.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 27)
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), W3218
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1044-45
Woodward & McManaway, 1313
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R38726
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1044-45
Woodward & McManaway, 1313
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R38726
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Booksellers' advertisements.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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W3218
Folger-specific note
cs293. Binding signed by P. Riach. Variant. See card catalogue for bibliographic references. Frontis. may be from another copy of 1672 ed.; cf. Folger Art Box L847t1 R1 no.1-2 for another version of frontis. Provenance: bookplate of Henry Irving