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set to musick by Dr. John Blow, Mr. Henry Purcell, and other excellent masters ... Ending with some orations, ... verses, prologues and epilogues, ... Written by Mr. D'Urfey
Wit and mirth: or, pills to purge melancholy
5 volumes,plate : illustrations,music,portrait ; 12⁰.
The first issue of the 1719 and 1720 collection of 'Wit and mirth: or, pills to purge melancholy'; subsequently reissued under the original title.
The first two volumes mostly contain songs by the editor Thomas D'Urfey, with the remainder being those originally collected and published by Henry Playford.
Drop-head title on page 1 and the running title to each volume: 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive, &c.' and 'Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive' respectively.
Reproduction of original from the British Library.
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT134708.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements s2003 miunns