The flowers of wit

Or, a choice collection of bon mots, both ancient and modern with biographical and critical remarks

Rev. Henry Kett

In two volumes

London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., Finsbery-Square; At the Weybridge Press, by S. Hamilton, 1814.

New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections

Inscribed ‘Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire’ on front pastedown and title page. In original publishers boards with paper labels intact. With ms. title & volume number written at head of spine on both volumes.

Full bibliographic information

Book spines with handwritten text at top.
Spine head detail of both volumes of Kett’s “Flowers of Wit” (1814). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.  
Inside cover of book showing ownership inscription.
Ownership inscription on front paste-down of Kett’s “Flowers of Wit” (1814). 
Title page of 1814 book with ownership inscription
Ownership inscription on title-page of volume one of Kett’s “Flowers of Wit” (1814). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

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