Ashton, John, [compiler]. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century. Collected and Illustrated by John Ashton. London: Chatto and Windus, 1883
Original dark green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and gilt., viii, 454 pp. , Woodcut illustrations in the chapbook style. Extensive bibliography.
Light shelfwear, edges lightly foxed. An unusually fine, bright copy., The author wrote several other books on English popular culture, including Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, and the Leadenhall Press publication, A History of English Lotteries.
$US150
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