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able Sir Robert Allot's copies ard Meighen Benjamin Jonson Blew Anchor Club Twenty-nine East Colophon Comedies And Tragedies copy on large Dramatic Folios Earl of Orrery engraved facsimile Firſt fold Foure Monarchicke Tragedies Francis Beaumont Grolier Club Twenty-nine haue Henry Herringman Hiftories imprint Indian Queen issued John Dryden John Fletcher John Martyn John Smethwick Jonson Quotation King Charles large paper London by Thomas London Printed Lower Walk Marſhall MDCXCII Moſeley Musophilus names are given Never before Printed Page of Honour Pauls Church-yard Playes plays poems portrait Prince of Tyre Printed at London Printed by Tho Printed for H Printed for Henry Printer's mark Publiſhed according reprint Richard Hawkins Richard Meighen Robert Allot Ruffel-Street Samuel Daniel ſecond Impreſsion separate title-page ſhop signed Guliel Sir Robert Howard Sir William Thomas Cotes Thomas Killigrew Thoſe true Originall Copies Twenty-nine East Thirty-second William Afpley William Killigrew William Shakespeares Comedies William Stansby word coppies
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Page 10 - It had bene a thing, we confesse, worthie to haue bene wished, that the Author himselfe had liu'd to haue set forth, and ouerseen his owne writings; But since it hath bin ordain'd otherwise, and he by death departed from that right, we pray you do not envie his Friends, the office of their care, and paine, to haue collected & publish'd them...
Page 8 - THE | WORKS | OF | BEN JONSON, | Which were formerly Printed in Two Volumes, | are now Reprinted in One. | To which is added | A COMEDY, | CALLED THE | NEW INN.
Page 23 - TN for H. Herringman, at the Sign of the Blew Anchor, in the lower walk of the New Exchange. i669. Folio, two works in one volume, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru, Second edition of Henry V. First editions of "The Black Prince...
Page 25 - D'avenant K* | Consisting of | Those which were formerly Printed, \ AND | Those which he designed for the Press: \ NOW PUBLISHED Out of the AUTHORS | Originall Copies. | - | [design] | - | LONDON: \ Printed by TN for Henry Herringman, at the Sign of the | Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New \ Exchange.
Page 16 - Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before (!) Printed in Folio : Viz. PERICLES PRINCE OF TYRE. THE LONDON PRODIGAL. 'THB HISTORY or THOMAS, LORD CROMWELL. SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE LORD COBHAM. THE PURITAN WIDOW. A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY. THE TRAGEDY OF LOCRINE.
Page 24 - D'avenant Kt consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which he design'd for the press: now published out of the authors original! copies. London: printed by TN for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Blew Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange. 1673.
Page 14 - London, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard. 1632.
Page 22 - As they were Acted by His Majesty's Servants at the Theatre-Royal. Written by the Honourable Sir Robert Howard. The Second Edition Corrected.
Page 8 - The / Workes /of/ Benjamin Jonson. / The second Volume. / Containing/ These Playes, / Viz. / 1 . Bartholomew Fayre. / 2. The Staple of Newes . / 3 . The Divell is an Asse.
Page 18 - The Wild-Goose Chase. A Comedie. As it hath been Acted with singular Applause at the Black-Friers : Being the Noble, Last, and Onely Remaines of those Incomparable Drammatists, Francis Beaumont, and John Fletcher, Gent.