Shelfmark
Gf.4.11
Author
Uniform title
[Deliciae poeticae]
Title
Mirth diverts all care: being excellent new songs, compos'd by the most celebrated wits of the age, on divers subjects, viz. The Scotch Riddle unfolded. News from London. The Voyage to Scotland. Sir Henry Wotten to Q. Anne. The Golden Age. An Old Man Courting a young Girl. The Leveller. The Chearful Heart. The Quaker's Ballad. The Quiet Retreat. Win at first, Lose at last. or, a Game at Cards. The Loyal Scot. On a Ladies Eyes and Lips. A Fly drown'd in a Ladies Eye. The Character of a Good Parson. A Song by Col. Salisbury. A Song on Ingratitude. A Song in English and Latin. Chivy Chase in English and Latin. The Grand Tack. The Fable. The Honest Man's Fate. A Peruke Block. A Latin Song. In Tiuncum Capillatum. With many more Rare Songs, worthy of the Reader's Esteem..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall,, 1708..
Physical description
[12], 156 p. ; 15 cm (12mo)
Note
Preface signed: Philomusus.
Note
A reissue, with a cancel titlepage, of 'Deliciæ poeticæ; or, Parnassus display'd ... Collected by a gentleman, a lover of the Muses', London, 1706.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T119714
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Binding
Early 18th century sheep; blind tooled double fillet border; blind tooled decorative 'v' pattern on board edges; plain spine.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Db.8.15.
Subject
Songs, English Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Morphew, John printer, bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48808