1719 Thomas d’Urfey MUSIC Wit & Mirth Songs for Melancholy Humor Singing Jokes

1719 Thomas d’Urfey MUSIC Wit & Mirth Songs for Melancholy Humor Singing Jokes

Thomas d’Urfey was a 16^th-century English song writer and composer known for his songs of wit, humor, and jokes. Perhaps his best work was his collection of songs entitled “Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy”. This first volume contains dozens and dozens of songs and poems many with tunes and music included. One example of D’Urfey’s light-hearted music is his “Jolly Roger Twangdillo”!

Item number: #23482

Price: $499

D’URFEY, Thomas

Wit and mirth : or Pills to purge melancholy ; being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new

London: Printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, 1719.

Details:

• Collation: complete with all pages;
  • [14], 360
  • Includes engraved portrait frontispiece
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
• quite scarce

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