The penny-worth of wit.
Subtitle: Here's a choice penny-worth of wit, for all that stand in need of it
Contributors: Lane, William, b. 1744
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49262
Publisher: Sold [by Samuel and Ebenezer Hall] at the printing-office in Salem.
Published: 1772
Place of publication: [Salem, Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Love -- Anecdotes; Wit and humor; Women -- Poetry
Genres: Anecdotes; Poetry
Work titles: Pennyworth of wit
Notes: Verse in three parts; first line: Here is a penny-worth of wit

Author from ninth and tenth lines of the first part: As in this verse you may behold, set forth by Mr. William Lane. Possible by William Lane, b. 1744, the English poet

The imprint is the same as one used occasionally by Samuel and Ebenezer Hall in 1772 and 1773; cf. Tapley, Harriet S. Salem imprints, 1768-1825, 1927, p. 311-312

Text in three columns; printed area, including row of ornaments (Reilly 696) at head of title, measures 32.3 x 17.8 cm

Not in Evans or Bristol

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49262)