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; 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

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

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