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Record Nr.

UNISA996387379203316

Titolo

A help to discourse, or, More merriment mixt with serious matters [[electronic resource] ] : consisting of witty, philosophical, grammaticall, physicall, astronomicall questions and answers : as also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, poesies, love-toyes, &c. re-added and plentifully dispersed : together with The Country-mans counsellor, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or A Help to preserve his health never before printed : also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by E.T. for Andrew Crooke at the signe of the Green Dragon in Pauls church-yard, 1654

Edizione

[The fourteenth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

[6], 375 p

Altri autori (Persone)

BasseWilliam <d. ca. 1653.>

PhillipsE

Soggetti

Epigrams

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Country-mans counsellour" (p. [197]-251) and "Sphinx and Oedipvs" (p.[267]-375) have special title-pages.

Often ascribed to William Basse and E. Phillips or Philips, and others.

Imperfect: stained, with loss of text; pages, 91-92, 119-120, 173-176, 193-194, 203-204, 341-344, 351-354, and 357-358 lacking. Defective Bodleian Library copy spliced at end.

Reproduction of original in British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018