[Token of the Mermaid Tavern, Cheapside] [realia].
1664
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[Token of the Mermaid Tavern, Cheapside] [realia].
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Created/published
1664.
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"An original token of the celebrated Mermaid Tavern in Cheapside, issued by Blundell in 1664. It was at this famous tavern (the token of which is exceedingly rare) that Sir W. Raleigh established his literary club in 1603, a company that included the names of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, Selden, and others." -- J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
Title devised by Folger cataloger.
"An original token of the celebrated Mermaid Tavern in Cheapside, issued by Blundell in 1664. It was at this famous tavern (the token of which is exceedingly rare) that Sir W. Raleigh established his literary club in 1603, a company that included the names of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, Selden, and others." -- J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
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Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Lyttle boke gevinge a true and brief accounte of some reliques and curiosities, 29
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England
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H-P Lyttle Boke no.29 (realia) (B8a)