Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive [electronic resource] : set to musick by Dr. John Blow, Mr. Henry Purcell, and other excellent masters of the Town. Ending with some orations, made and spoken by me several times upon the Publick Stage in the Theater. Together with some Copies of verses, prologues and epilogues, as well for my own Plays as those of other Poets, being all Humerous and Comical. Written by Mr. D'Urfey.
1719
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Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive [electronic resource] : set to musick by Dr. John Blow, Mr. Henry Purcell, and other excellent masters of the Town. Ending with some orations, made and spoken by me several times upon the Publick Stage in the Theater. Together with some Copies of verses, prologues and epilogues, as well for my own Plays as those of other Poets, being all Humerous and Comical. Written by Mr. D'Urfey.
Author
Playford, Henry, b. 1657.
Uniform Title
Wit and mirth: or, pills to purge melancholy
Publication Details
London : printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head, against Catherine Street in the Strand, 1719.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
5v.,plate : ill.,music,port. ; 12⁰.
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Dedication signed: T. D'Urfey.
The first issue of the 1719 and 1720 collection of 'Wit and mirth: or, pills to purge melancholy'; subsequently reissued under the original title.
The first two volumes mostly contain songs by the editor Thomas D'Urfey, with the remainder being those originally collected and published by Henry Playford.
Drop-head title on p. 1 and the running title to each volume: 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive, &c.' and 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive' respectively.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The first issue of the 1719 and 1720 collection of 'Wit and mirth: or, pills to purge melancholy'; subsequently reissued under the original title.
The first two volumes mostly contain songs by the editor Thomas D'Urfey, with the remainder being those originally collected and published by Henry Playford.
Drop-head title on p. 1 and the running title to each volume: 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive, &c.' and 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive' respectively.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T134708.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.
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