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 ....
Playford, Henry,1657-
D'Urfey, Thomas,1653-1723.
Gordon, William,Sir,1742-,former owner.StEdNL: Bs.2/1.39-44
London: : Printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head, over-against Catherine Street in the Strand,,
1719..
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.
Volume 6 printed in 1720.
A reissue of 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive' published in 1719, with the drop-head title on p. 1 and the running title in vols. 1 to 5 changed to: 'Pills to purge melancholy' and with the addition of a sixth and final volume dated 1720.
Dedication signed: T. D'Urfey.
Includes orations, poems, prologues and epilogues by D'Urfey.
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Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of William Gordon of Gordon Bart. on titlepage verso.