title: The Fancies Theater (The Mirror of Fancies)
variant_description: There are two issues of this collection. STC 23704 contains the original title leaf dated 1640, listing Norton as printer and Best as publisher. Wing T229 contains a cancel title leaf dated 1657, listing Burden as publisher (and no printer) and with a different author attribution, performance attribution, and Latin motto; the title page for <i>Love Crowns the End</i> also contains a cancel title page. See also Wing 
title_page_title: THE FANCIES THEATER.
title_page_author: BY IOHN TATHAM Gent.
title-page_latin_motto: HORAT. [in single column] <i>Quòd si me Lyricis vatibus inseris, | Sublimi feriam sidera vertice</i>.
title_page_imprint: <i>LONDON</i>, Printed by I<small>OHN</small> N<small>ORTON</small>, for R<small>ICHARD</small> B<small>EST</small>, and are to be sold at his Shop neere Grayes-Inne-gate in <i>Holborne</i>. 1640.
paratext_dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" <i>to</i>: John Winter (<i>courtier and ironmaster</i>); <i>from</i>: John Tatham [*3r]. Verses <i>to</i>: "the honor'd Patron of his Book"; <i>from</i>: John Tatham [*4v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Oct 15, 1640: Entered to Richard Best: "a booke called The ffancies Theater, by Iohn Tatham".
transcript_modern_spelling: The fancies' theater by john tatham gent horat quod si me lyricis vatibus inseris sublimi feriam sidera vertice London printed by john Norton for Richard best and are to be sold at his shop near gray's inn gate in holborn 1640