VVits recreations. : Containing 630. epigrams. 160: epitaphs. Variety of fancies and fantasticks, good for melancholly humours

Folger bibliographic ID: 151919
ESTC number: R32422
Wing number: M1720
Folger call number: M1720 copy 1
Folger holdings ID: 136319

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Attributed by Wing to Sir John Mennes; also attributed to James Smith, but includes the work of others as well Added title page ([A]2r) engraved and signed: Witt's recreations augmented, ... London, printed for Humph: Blunden at ye Castle in Corn-hill. W. Marshall sculpsit 1641 Signatures: [A]⁴ B-X⁸ Y⁸(-Y8) Z⁴(-Z4) First leaf contains "The frontespeice discovered" on verso Originally published in 1640 as "Wits recreations"

Item information about Folger M1720 copy 1

cs289. Running title variant (cf. Folger smk M1720 Copy 2): "Enigma" on T1v, T2r, T2v, T6v, T7r, T7v, T8r, and T8v (N.B.: bifolium T3.6 probably from another copy). Imperfect: lacking first two leaves, T4.5, Y3,5,6,7, and Z1; lacking leaves are supplied in photostats from Harvard Library copy. L8 is probably from another copy. Manuscript notes and markings. R1 mutilated and backed at fore-edge (affected text supplied in manuscript). Z2 mutilated at spine-fold, affecting text

Uniform title: Wit's recreations
Extended title: VVits recreations. : Containing 630. epigrams. 160: epitaphs. Variety of fancies and fantasticks, good for melancholly humours
Alternate titles: Witt's recreations augmented

Epigrams Epitaphs

attributed name: Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671
attributed name: Smith, James, 1605-1667
printmaker: Marshall, William, active 1617-1650
printer: Cotes, Thomas, -1641