Politeuphuia, wits common-wealth
Contributors: Bodenham, John, fl. 1600
Edition: Newly corrected and amended
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 606:2
Publisher: Printed for E. Flesher
Published: 1684
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Aphorisms and apothegms; Maxims
Other titles: Wits' commonwealth
Notes: "A table ..." [i.e. index]: p. [3]-[6] at end

Running title: Wits common-wealth

Usually ascribed to John Bodenham, who planned the collection, though the work appears to have been done by Nicholas Ling.  Cf. Dedication; also DNB

Often cited as Wits' commonwealth, and some editions appeared under that title. Published first in 1597, as the first in a series of which Mere's "Palladis tamia", 1598, was the second, "Wits theater of the little world," by Robert Allott, 1598, the third, and "Palladis palatium, wisedoms' pallace," 1604, the fourth.  Cf. DNB

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library

Wing L2346

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1976. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 606:2)

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