The present state of wit
By: John Gay (1711), with an introd. by Donald F. Bond and a bibliographical note ; and excerpts from The English Theophrastus or, The manners of the age (1702), with an introd. by W. Earl Britton.
Contributors: Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.
Series: Publication no. 7 - Augustan Reprint Society; Publication (Augustan Reprint Society) -- no. 7.
Publisher: Kraus Reprint Corporation
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Conduct of life.; Characters and characteristics.
Other titles: Manners of the age; English Theophrastus.
Notes: Reprint of the 1947 ed., published by Augustan Reprint Society, Los Angeles.

The English Theophrastus is usually ascribed to Abel Boyer. Cf. Introd.

With reproductions of original title pages.

Bound with Rapin, R. De Carmine pastorali (1684) New York, 1967. Hanmer, T. Some remarks on the tragedy of Hamlet (1736) New York, 1967. Morris, C. An essay toward fixing the true standards (1744) New York, 1967. Purney, T. A full enquiry into the true nature of pastoral (1717) New York, 1967. D. Urfey, T. Preface to the campaigners (1698) New York, 1967.

No. 7-12 bound together