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049 $aBRLL
099 $aG.4014.41
130 0 $aWits.$nPart 2.
245 14 $aThe wits, or, Sport upon sport :$bbeing a curious collection of several drols and farces : presented and shewn for the merriment and delight of wise men, and the ignorant ... / $c written I know not when, by several persons, I know not who, but now newly collected by your old friend to please you, Francis Kirkman.
246 3 $aSport upon sport
246 3 $aWits
246 3 $aBlack man
246 3 $aVenus and Adonis
246 3 $aMaid's philosophy
246 3 $aPhiletis and Constantia
246 3 $aKing Ahasuerus and Queen Esther
246 3 $aKing Solomon's wisdom
246 3 $aDiphilo and Grandia
246 3 $aWiltshire Tom
246 3 $aOenone, a pastoral
246 3 $aMerry conceited humours of Bottom the Weaver
246 3 $aBottom the Weaver
246 3 $aCheater cheated
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for Fran. Kirkman, and are to be sold by most book-sellers,$c1673.
300 $a[24], 56 p. ;$c21 cm (4to)
500 $aThe words "in London ... at other" are bracketed together on title page.
500 $aAnother imposition in octavo format was published in the same year.--Cf. ESTC
500 $aIn two parts; the first part was originally published in 1662 (Wing W2318).
500 $aSignatures: A-H́þ
500 $aPart II of The wits, or, Sport upon sport, containing ten drolls ascribed to Robert Cox and collected by Kirkman.
500 $a" ... as they have been sundry times acted in publique, and private : {in London at Bartholomew, in the countrey at other} faires : in halls and taverns, on several mountebancks stages, at Charing Cross, Lincolns-Inn-Fields, and other places, by several stroleing [sic] players, fools, and fidlers, and the mountebancks zanies, with loud laughter, and great applause ..."--Title page
505 0 $aThe black man -- Venus and Adonis, or, The maid's philosophy -- Philetis and Constantia -- King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther -- King Solomon's wisdom -- Diphilo and Granida -- Wiltshire Tom -- Oenone, a pastoral -- The merry conceited humours of Bottom the Weaver -- The cheater cheated.
510 4 $aWing (CD-Rom, 1996),$cW3220A
510 4 $aESTC$cR012347
510 4 $aNUC pre-1956$cNW0395850
590 $aBoston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early calfskin triple-panelled in blind with extensive floral tooling. The spine has been rebacked. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown and the ink stamp of the 3rd Duke of Roxburghe is present on the title page verso. An auctioneer's description, published by Sotheby & Wilkinson for the Halliwell sale of May, 1857, and inscribed, with pricing information, in the hand of Thomas Pennant Barton, is also present on the front pastedown.
655 0 $aDrolls.
655 7 $aArmorial bookplates (Provenance)$2rbprov
655 7 $aInk stamps (Provenance)$2rbprov
655 7 $aInscriptions (Provenance)$2rbprov
700 1 $aKirkman, Francis,$d1632-approximately 1680,$ecompiler.
700 1 $aBarton, Thomas Pennant,$d1803-1869,$eformer owner.
700 1 $aHalliwell-Phillipps, J. O.$q(James Orchard),$d1820-1889,$eformer owner.
700 1 $aRoxburghe, John Ker,$cDuke of,$d1740-1804,$eformer owner.
710 2 $aS. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm),$eauctioneer.
730 0 $aThomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library)
852 $aBPL - Special Collections $bNonfiction - In Library Use Only$hG.4014.41$kRARE BKS$o9$p39999089684862$rIn$wBook$y1$7False$90
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