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Wits interpreter, the English Parnassus, or, The sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that...

Wits interpreter, the English Parnassus, or, The sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that...

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Wits interpreter, the English Parnassus, or, The sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that compleat our English gentry, in the most acceptable qualifications of discourse or writing [electronic resource] : in which briefly the whole mystery of those pleasing witchcrafts of eloquence and love, are made easie in the following subjects, viz. 1. Theatre of courtship, accurate complements, 2. The labyrinth of fancies, new experiments and inventions, 3. Apollo and Orpheus, several love-songs, epigrams, drolleries and other verses, 4. Cyprian goddess, description of beauty, 5. The muses elizium, several poetical fictions, 6. The perfect inditer, letters ala mode, 7. Cardinal Richelieu's key to his manner of writing of letters by cyphers, 8. Games and sports now used at this day among the gentry of England, &c. : as also an alphabetical table of the first devisers of sciences and other curiosities ... / by I.C.

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Wits interpreter, the English Parnassus, or, The sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that compleat our English gentry, in the most acceptable qualifications of discourse or writing [electronic resource] : in which briefly the whole mystery of those pleasing witchcrafts of eloquence and love, are made easie in the following subjects, viz. 1. Theatre of courtship, accurate complements, 2. The labyrinth of fancies, new experiments and inventions, 3. Apollo and Orpheus, several love-songs, epigrams, drolleries and other verses, 4. Cyprian goddess, description of beauty, 5. The muses elizium, several poetical fictions, 6. The perfect inditer, letters ala mode, 7. Cardinal Richelieu's key to his manner of writing of letters by cyphers, 8. Games and sports now used at this day among the gentry of England, &c. : as also an alphabetical table of the first devisers of sciences and other curiosities ... / by I.C.

Publisher

London : Printed for N. Brook ..., 1662.

Date

1662.

Record Identifier

74VvZ3PPeD0X

MMS ID

991004609209702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[15], 496, [15] p.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed for N. Brook ..., 1662.

Edition

The 2d edition, with many new additions.

Analytical title

Wits interpreter.

Witts interpreter, or, The new Parnassus.

English Parnassus.

Sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that compleat our English gentry.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1662.

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Wits interpreter, the English Parnassus, or, The sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that compleat our English gentry, in the most acceptable qualifications of discourse or writing [electronic resource] : in which briefly the whole mystery of those pleasing witchcrafts of eloquence and love, are made easie in the following subjects, viz....

Variant title

Wits interpreter.

Witts interpreter, or, The new Parnassus.

English Parnassus.

Sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that compleat our English gentry.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Attributed to John Cotgrave. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).

Added t.p., engraved: Witts interpreter, or, The new Parnassus.

Advertisement: p. 496-[15] at end.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Citation / References Note

Wing C6371.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 683:18)

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Record Identifier

74VvZ3PPeD0X

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZ3PPeD0X

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MMS ID

991004609209702626