The pleasant companion; or, Tryal of wits: being a choice collection of most excellent stories, gathered from the Latin, French, Italian and Spanish authors: whereof some are historically true; others the happy fictions of ingenious men, viz. I. Loves artifice. II. The happy surprisal. III. The comical-cheat. IV. The fortunate-thief. V. Intrigue at a venture. VI. The midnights-ramble. VII. The ladies courtship. VIII. Fate in a circle. IX. Love in the grave

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• The pleasant companion; or, Tryal of wits: being a choice collection of most excellent stories, gathered from the Latin, French, Italian and Spanish authors: whereof some are historically true; others the happy fictions of ingenious men, viz. I. Loves artifice. II. The happy surprisal. III. The comical-cheat. IV. The fortunate-thief. V. Intrigue at a venture. VI. The midnights-ramble. VII. The ladies courtship. VIII. Fate in a circle. IX. Love in the grave
• Pleasant companion; or, Trial of wits

People / Organizations

• Timothy Goodwin ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed by J. Grantham, for D. Brown, at the Black-Swan without Temple-Barr; and T. Goodwin, at the Maidenhead against St. Dunstan-Church in Fleet-street, 1684.

Added name

T. W.

Publication year

1684

ESTC No.

R217642

Grub Street ID

92410

Description

[8], 89, [7] p. ; 8°.

Note

The dedication is signed: T. W

With three final advertisement pages

At bottom of p.89: "The end of the first part"

The final leaf is blank

Wing P2539 = P2539A.