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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, haviug each their proper Tune for either Voice, or Instrument: Many of the Songs being new Sett.

Title
Wit and mirth [electronic resource] : or pills to purge Melancholy; being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all Humours, haviug each their proper Tune for either Voice, or Instrument: Many of the Songs being new Sett.
Author
Playford, Henry, 1657-
Publication
London : printed by W. Pearson, for H. P. and sold by John Cullen at the Buck between the two Temple Gates Fleet-Street, 1705.

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Additional Authors
Gale (Firm)
Description
[12],336,330-351,[2]p. : music; 12⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
Note
  • Compiled by Henry Playford.
  • Pagination irregular but text and register continuous.
  • With a final advertisement leaf.
  • Price from imprint: Price Bound 2 s. 6d. 1705.
  • Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog,
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
642526707
Author
Playford, Henry, 1657-
Title
Wit and mirth [electronic resource] : or pills to purge Melancholy; being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all Humours, haviug each their proper Tune for either Voice, or Instrument: Many of the Songs being new Sett.
Imprint
London : printed by W. Pearson, for H. P. and sold by John Cullen at the Buck between the two Temple Gates Fleet-Street, 1705.
Edition
The 2d. edition corrected, with additions, .. To which is also added a collection of excellent poems.
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T199620.
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Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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