17 woodcuts throughout the text, which illustrate answers to the riddles.
Illustrations include "an old woman whipping her cat for not catching mice" (page 6), "a man pelted in the pillory" (8), "a young man [a dandy] in a tavern drinking a gill of sack to clear up his sprits..." (9), and "an old woman scolding in a high crown'd hat" (20); the latter is a different cut than in other printings issued by other booksellers, as are the cuts of the king with a "royal crown" on page [2], the "goosebury-bush" (page 3), the "oak tree" (page 14; this printing doesn not include the large cut of an affluent family riddling in front of a large fireplace.
Upper wrapper inscribed in ink with the number "5" at head and marked on page 3 with scribbling and pen trials.
Binding note
Publisher's self wrappers, cover title and imprint set within a decorative woodcut floral border, lower wrapper with last page of text.
Other title(s)
Tryal of understanding
Wit newly reviv'd
Book of riddles
OCLC
177733876
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