Politeuphuia, wits common-wealth. Newly corrected and amended
- People / Organizations
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- Imprint
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London: printed for E. Flesher, in the year 1684.
- Added name
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Bodenham, John, active 1600, attributed name.
- Publication year
- 1684
- ESTC No.
- R22304
- Grub Street ID
- 96945
- Description
- [8], 321, [7] p. ; 12°.
- Note
- 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
First leaf is blank
Includes index.