The merry conceited humors of Bottom the weaver, a droll composed out of the comic scenes of the Midsummer night's dream
By: [by Robert Cox]. About 1646. Edited by J.O. Halliwell [-Phillipps]
Published: 1860
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Notes: "The impression is limited to 30 copies."

This droll was first printed separately in 1661, the publishers being Francis Kirkman and Henry Marsh;it was afterwards included in the first part (according to Halliwell, the second part according to Baker in his Biographia dramatica,) of Kirkman's "Wits, or Sport upon Sport", 1670-72, from which this edition is a copy. The authorship has been ascribed to Robert Cox. -See Baker's Biog. dramat., i. 154, 155, iii. 414, 415; Collier's Bibliog acct. of early Eng.lit., ii.211; Halliwell's Dict of old Eng. plays, 36; Hazlitt's Bibliog. of old Eng. lit., 319.