Winter-Evening entertainments; in two parts. Containing I. Ten pleasant and delightful relations of many rare and no able Accidents and Occurences; with brief Remarks upon every one. II. Fifty ingenious riddles, with their Explanations, and useful Observations and Morals upon each. The whole enlivened with above Threescore Pictures, for the better Illustration of every Story and Riddle. Excellently Accommodated to the Fancies of Old or Young, and exceeding useful to advance chearful Society and Conversation. By Robert Burton.
- R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.
- Date:
- 1737
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on Londonbridge, 1737.
Physical description
73[i.e.173],[1]p. : ill. ; 120.
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Edition
The sixth edition.
References note
ESTC T144627
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.