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REPLY1850

Nicholas Breton's Fantasticks

By T. C. (Strand)

In reply to the second Bibliographical Query of J. MT., Edinburgh, respecting Nicholas Breton's *Fantasticks*, I beg to inform him that my copy is perfect, and contains twenty-two leaves. The title is *Fantasticks: seruing for a perpetuall Prognostication*, with the subjects of the twenty-four *Descants*, as they are called, in prose, contained in the volume. 4to. bl. lett. London: Printed for Francis Williams, 1626. After this is a dedication "To the worshipfull and worthy knight Sir Marke Ive, of Rivers Hall, in Essex;" and a short address "To the Reader," one leaf. It is an entertaining wor…

Topics: Bibliography, Historical Customs

Locations: Edinburgh, London, Rivers Hall, Essex