Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy; Being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to All Humours, Having Each Their Proper Tune For Either Voice, or Instrument: Most of the Songs Being New Set in SIX(6) VOLUMES
by [D'Urfey, Thomas]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Missing all 6 leather spine labels, otherwise a nice clean, attractive set: VG+
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, 1719-1720. Contemporary 3/4 calf and yellow cloth. Missing all 6 leather spine labels, otherwise a nice clean, attractive set: VG+. 12mo. Illustrated with musical notation throughout.
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- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13070704
- Title
- Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy; Being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to All Humours, Having Each Their Proper Tune For Either Voice, or Instrument: Most of the Songs Being New Set in SIX(6) VOLUMES
- Author
- [D'Urfey, Thomas]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with musical notation throughout
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary 3/4 calf and yellow cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Missing all 6 leather spine labels, otherwise a nice clean, attractive set: VG+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Pearson, for J. Tonson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1719-1720
- Pages
- 6 volumes: 360 + 348 + 352 + 352 + 352 + 373pp.
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Rare Music, Ballads, 17th Century Music, 17th Century English Ballads, Bindings
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About the Seller
The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
Biblio member since 2005
Brattleboro, Vermont
About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
A used and rare bookshop with over 25,000 volumes on all subjects. The Bear Booskhop, founded in 1975, has a strong collection in most academic areas.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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