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London: Printed by J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. Second edition. Leather bound. Binding VG+, recent replacement with period beauty and skill. See description below for minutae of pagination and faults. LACKS FRONTIS called for in some records, and has a variant title-page indicating an early printing, which may explain lack of frontis.. Full speckled and panelled brown leather covers with 5 raised bands, gilt tooling and applied red leather label in second compartment of spine. New endpapers. Title-page (no frontis), 4 sheets of Contents and testamonials, 578 pp., pp. 1- 557. Does not appear to be the second collected edition, lacking woodcut printers' devices on title-page; therefore it must be the first collected edition (still different than the 1647 edition). This is the second edition, revised edition from the first printing (1647) , as stated in the Booksellers Note after title-page. Manuscript note at end of "The Elder Brother" and other minor amounts of…
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Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. All in One Volume
by Beaumont, Francis; Fletcher, John
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London: Printed by J. Macock for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot. Cover rubbed and bumped with corner and edge wear. Abrasions on lower board. Minor joint cracking at spine head. Rebound. Several mispaginations. Lacks portrait page. Title page repaired. Damp staining to lower half of first 20 pages and lower corners fragile with tears from lower edge. Some scattered staining throughout. Two heraldic bookplates on paste-down of R. Halford and Edmundus Parker. Contents tight. 1679. [Second Edition]. Leather cover. 380mm x 240mm (15" x 9"). x,578pp; 557pp. Francis Beaumont [1584-1616] was a dramatist and collaborated with John Fletcher. John Fletcher [1579-1635] also collaborated with Shakespeare. The first folio of plays published in 1647 had 35 plays. This 1679 edition has another 18 added making a total of 53. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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- Book Condition Used - Cover rubbed and bumped with corner and edge wear. Abrasions on lower board. Minor joint cracking at spine head. Rebound. Severa
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- Edition [Second Edition]
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- Publisher Printed by J. Macock for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1679
- Keywords Plays, 1650 - 1750 antiquarian, Ireland, Reference
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Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. Written by Francis Beaumont and James Fletcher, Gentlemen. All in one VOLUME. Published by the Author's Original Copies, the Songs to each Play being added. Si quid habent veri Vatum praesagia, vivam
by Beaumont, Francis and John Fletcher et al
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WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY SHAKESPEARE: Fifty comedies and tragedies. Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Gentlemen. All in one volume. Published by the authors original copies, the songs to each play being added.
by Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)
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London: London: Printed by J. Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. Full leather. Very Good. Marshall, William. First edition thus; folio; [10], 280, 279-578, 557, [1]pp. In period style nineteenth century full panelled calf (with only the lightest of wear), spine with five raised spine bands, gilt lettered red morocco spine label to second compartment, blind decoration to remaining compartments. Complete with portrait frontispiece. Catalogue of Plays on A4 with early ink page numbers added, short closed tear to leaf 3C1 not affecting text and leaf 3N1 touching a few letters without loss, small burn hole on leaf 3O3 not affecting text, small and mainly marginal wormhole to final few leaves just touching the odd letter, very occasional light spots and stains with unobtrusive feint damp stain to inner margin of final few quires, without 4A4 (blank leaf). Overall a very attractive example. The first collection of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays appeared in 1647;…
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