Wit and mirth: . or pills to purge melancholy; being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all humours, having each their proper tune for either voice or instrument: most of the songs being new set. In five volumes.
Thomas D'Urfey (Tom Durfey) (1653-1723)
Category
Books
Date
1719 - 1720
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3091615
Summary
Bibliographic description
12mo.. Provenance: Armorial Bookplate 'Richard Hoare' (i.e. Sir Richard Hoare, 1709-1754). Binding: Eighteenth-century calf, Cambridge-style, gold-decorated spines, red spine-labels, gold-lettered 'Songs'. Vol. 1: Upper board loose.
Makers and roles
Thomas D'Urfey (Tom Durfey) (1653-1723) Henry Playford (b.1657)