The great assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his assessours : at which sessions are arraigned Mercurius Britanicus. Mercurius Aulicus. Mercurius Civicus. The scout. The writer of Diurnalls. The Intelligencer. The writer of Occurrences. The writer of Passages. The Post. The Spye. The writer of weekly Accounts. The Scottish dove, &c
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Type of record: Book
Title: The great assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his assessours : at which sessions are arraigned Mercurius Britanicus. Mercurius Aulicus. Mercurius Civicus. The scout. The writer of Diurnalls. The Intelligencer. The writer of Occurrences. The writer of Passages. The Post. The Spye. The writer of weekly Accounts. The Scottish dove, &c
Classmark: BC Lt/GRE
Additional creator(s): Wither, George (1588-1667) (Other)
Related people: Wither, George
Publisher: printed by Richard Cotes, for Edward Husbands, and are to be sold at his shop in the Middle Temple
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1645
Language: English
Size and medium: [6], 44, [2] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/274287
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000017889705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Sometimes attributed to George Wither, but attribution doubtful.
A verse satire on the authors of the various newspapers of the time.
The last leaf is blank.
Wing (2nd ed.) W3160.
Additional description
Marks of ownership: on front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Henry Bell of Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, b.1803, and his crest stamped in gold on the front cover on front fly leaf, notes and signature of Jas. Crossley, probably James Crossley, 1800-1883, honorary librarian of the Chetham Library 1877-83
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