Facetiae
Subtitle: Musarem deliciae: or, The muses recreation, containing severall pieces of poetique wit.  By Sr. J. M. and Ja: S. 1656.  Wit restor'd, in severall select poems, not formerly publish't.  1658.  Wits recreations, selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses, with a thousand out-landish proverbs.  1640.  The whole diligently compared with the originals; with all the wood engravings, plates, memoirs, and notes.
Contributors: Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671.; Smith, James, 1605-1667.; Park, Thomas, 1759-1834.; Dubois, Edward, 1774-1850.
Edition: New ed. with additional notes, indexes, and a portrait of Sir John Mennis, kt.  In two volumes.
Publisher: J.C. Hotten
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: English wit and humor.; English poetry -- Early modern (to 1700); Epigrams.; Epitaphs.
Other titles: Musarum deliciae.; Wit restor'd.; Wits recreations.
Notes: Three collections originally published separately.  The first and second are reprinted from the editions of 1656 and 1658; the third combines the material of four editions, 1640, 1641, 1654, and 1663.  They have been ascribed to Sir John Mennes and James Smith, but all three include the work of others.

Retains the preface, memoirs, and notes of the edition of 1817, attributed to Edward Dubois and Thomas Park.  cf. Dict. nat. biog., etc.