The new foundling hospital for wit
Subtitle: being a collection of fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection : with several pieces never before published ... : in six volumes : Vol. II
Edition: A new edition, corrected, and considerably enlarged.
Publisher: Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly
Published: 1786
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Notes: Signatures: [A]² B-L¹² M¹²(...).

Compiled by John Almon.

The six volumes were first published serially, 1768-1773; the title alludes to "The foundling hospital for wit", another poetical miscellany, possibly compiled by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, published in 6 parts, 1743-1749.

This volume reprints, without substantial change, v. 2 of the 1784 edition, also designated "A new edition, corrected and considerably enlarged".

Signatures [A]² & M¹² are each found in two settings; cf. The catalog of printed books of the Folger Shakespeare library (1970). In this setting of M¹², p. 246, ℓ. 22 has reading "similtude".

Engraved armorial bookplate of D. Cuthbertson.

Imperfect: [A]² wanting; title-page transcribed from the other issue.

Bound in brown cloth.