The excellent comedy, called The old law: or A new way to please you. : By Phil. Massinger. Tho. Middleton. William Rowley. Acted before the King and Queene at Salisbury House, and at severall other places, with great applause. Together with an exact and perfect catalogue of all the playes, with the authors names, and what are comedies, tragedies, histories, pastoralls, masks, interludes, more exactly printed then ever before.
1656
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Title
The excellent comedy, called The old law: or A new way to please you. : By Phil. Massinger. Tho. Middleton. William Rowley. Acted before the King and Queene at Salisbury House, and at severall other places, with great applause. Together with an exact and perfect catalogue of all the playes, with the authors names, and what are comedies, tragedies, histories, pastoralls, masks, interludes, more exactly printed then ever before.
Created/published
London : Printed for Edward Archer, at the signe of the Adam and Eve, in Little Britaine, 1656.
Description
[2], 76, [16] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640, author.
Middleton, Thomas, -1627.
Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Perkins, Frederick, 1780-1860, former owner.
Middleton, Thomas, -1627.
Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Perkins, Frederick, 1780-1860, former owner.
Note
The words "Phil. ... Rowley." are bracketed together on title page.
Includes bibliography, i.e. "An exact and perfect catalogue of all the plaies that were ever printed; ..." (caption title), 16 unumbered pages at end.
Includes bibliography, i.e. "An exact and perfect catalogue of all the plaies that were ever printed; ..." (caption title), 16 unumbered pages at end.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), M1048
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R12634
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R12634
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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M1048
Folger-specific note
cs47. Bound in light brown morocco with gilt arms stamped on front and back covers, gilt tooling at head and foot of spine, and floriate gilt tooled edges of boards and turn ins; all edges gilt. Engraved bookplate signed "EDF 1895." Trimmed throughout, affecting signatures and catchwords. Provenance: on front and back covers the arms of Frederick Perkins, Chipstead, Kent; engraved bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee (motto "meum et tuum"); Folger purchase from John Anderson ("Catalogue of the library of the late Thomas J. McKee ... part III," no. 2508)