Politeuphuia, wits common-wealth.
Contributors: Bodenham, John, fl. 1600.
Edition: Newly corrected and amended.
Publisher: Printed for E. Flesher
Published: 1684
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Aphorisms and apothegms.
Other titles: Wits common-wealth
Notes: Usually ascribed to John Bodenham, who planned the collection, though the work appears to have been done by Nicholas Ling. cf. Dedication; also Dict. nat. biog.

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. Dict. nat. biog.