Information about John Playford by Rhod Davies.
Filip of the Marche has been typing out the original text of the first edition (1651).
Michael Robinson has transcribed all the tunes of Playford 1651 in abc format.
Cambridge Country Dance has placed Palmer's Pocket Playford on the Web.
The Library of Congress collection of dance instruction manuals 1490-1920 has Playford, all in both complete text form and in scanned facsimile.