Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome.
Brome, Richard, -1652?, author.; Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666.; Cross, Thomas, active 1632-1682, printmaker.; Hayes, Francis B. (Francis Brown), 1819-1884, former owner.; McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.; Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.; Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
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Title
Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome.
Uniform title
Plays
City wit.
Damoiselle.
City wit.
Damoiselle.
Created/published
London : Printed [by T[homas] R[oycroft]] for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, and are to be sold at their shops, 1653.
Description
[482] p. : port. (engraving) ; (8vo)
Associated name
Brome, Richard, -1652?, author.
Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666.
Cross, Thomas, active 1632-1682, printmaker.
Hayes, Francis B. (Francis Brown), 1819-1884, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666.
Cross, Thomas, active 1632-1682, printmaker.
Hayes, Francis B. (Francis Brown), 1819-1884, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Note
Partly in verse.
Editor's dedication signed: A. Brome.
The words "madd couple .. Damoiselle." are bracketed together on title page.
The portrait is signed: T. Cross sculpsit.
Printer's name from the Pforzheimer Catalogue. "The copy was divided between two compositors. One set-up through sheet S; the other, the remainder"--Pforzheimer Catalogue.
Signatures: pi1 A⁸(-A6-8) B-S⁸, ²A-F⁸ ²G⁴, ³A⁴ ³B-F⁸ ³G1-3 [=¹A6-8].
"The novella" and "The court begger" each have separate dated title page; register is continuous. "The city wit" (Wing B4866) and "The damoiselle" (Wing B4868) each have separate register and dated title page with "printed by T.R." in imprint. There is no indication that the latter two plays were ever issued separately, though they are sometimes found so (Greg).
Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 20".
"The Novella" identified on UMI microfilm (Early English Books 1641-17700) reel 1773 as wing B4880.
Wing B4867 has been cancelled and is now part of B4870.
Editor's dedication signed: A. Brome.
The words "madd couple .. Damoiselle." are bracketed together on title page.
The portrait is signed: T. Cross sculpsit.
Printer's name from the Pforzheimer Catalogue. "The copy was divided between two compositors. One set-up through sheet S; the other, the remainder"--Pforzheimer Catalogue.
Signatures: pi1 A⁸(-A6-8) B-S⁸, ²A-F⁸ ²G⁴, ³A⁴ ³B-F⁸ ³G1-3 [=¹A6-8].
"The novella" and "The court begger" each have separate dated title page; register is continuous. "The city wit" (Wing B4866) and "The damoiselle" (Wing B4868) each have separate register and dated title page with "printed by T.R." in imprint. There is no indication that the latter two plays were ever issued separately, though they are sometimes found so (Greg).
Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 20".
"The Novella" identified on UMI microfilm (Early English Books 1641-17700) reel 1773 as wing B4880.
Wing B4867 has been cancelled and is now part of B4870.
Reproduction
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1977. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts; 182:E.1423[1]).
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel: 35 mm (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1436:15-16).
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1987. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English Books, 1641-1700; 1773:4).
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 1480:3).
Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex, 1953. 1 microopaque ;23 x 15 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1642-1700) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830). Also available in microfiche.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel: 35 mm (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1436:15-16).
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1987. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English Books, 1641-1700; 1773:4).
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 1480:3).
Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex, 1953. 1 microopaque ;23 x 15 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1642-1700) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830). Also available in microfiche.
ESTC staff note
UMI microfilm reel 1773:4 contains "The Novella" only.
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 (2nd ed.), B4870
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 (2nd ed.), B4866
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 (2nd ed.), B4868
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 107
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1423[1]
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p.1021-22
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R202038
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 (2nd ed.), B4866
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 (2nd ed.), B4868
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 107
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1423[1]
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p.1021-22
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R202038
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library B4870 copy 2
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
B4870 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs173. Tan calf binding, gold-tooled, with leather labels on spine lettered in gilt: 'Five New Playes - Brome' and 'London 1653'; signed by Riviere & Son. With this is bound 8 leaves of advertisement beginning: 'Courteous Reader, these books following are printed for Humphrey Moseley....List begins: 'De Bello Belgico, The History of the Low-Country-Warrs...'
Call number
B4870 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Parts 2 (City Wit) and 3 (Damoiselle) and 4 prelim. leaves (¹A2-5) mis-bound in that order immediately after general t.p. A few leaves cropped at head, affecting running titles. Manuscript notes on front free end-paper and on slips pasted to front and back fly-leaves. Brown calf binding, gold-tooled, with leather labels on spine lettered in gilt: 'Brome's Plays' and 'Vol. 1.'. Provenance: inscriptions: 'J. P. Andrews'; 'J. Mitford, 1835', and 'Corns. Paine jr., 1867'; bookplates of Paine (motto "audax et prudens"); and Thomas Jefferson McKee (motto "meum et tuum")
Call number
162- 072q
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: fragment consisting of "The court begger" only. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. Milman Stick 5th March 1883."; bookplate of Harvard College Library (From the bequest of Francis B. Hayes, with manuscript date 18 Feb. 1898), with Harvard deaccession stamp; purchased by Folger from R.V. Sowers, cat. 59:67, 24 June 1957
Call number
W.b.137 page 17
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: fragment of leaf S2 only. Pasted on page 17 of a Halliwell-Phillipps scrapbook which has printed t.p.: 'Literary Scraps: cuttings from newspapers, extracts, miscellanea, etc.'; with imprint 'London: John Camden Hotten...'. Manuscript notes: note identifies this fragment as 'The Court Beggar, acted 1632.'; another note: 'Actresses.'; pencilled note on front paste-down: 'This Vol. is completely indexed. There is no vacant space'. Red half-calf binding, lettered in gilt on spine: 'Literary Scraps. Cuttings. Extracts. Actresses. J. C. Hotten.' Provenance: part of J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps collection; bought by Folger circa 1907 from Marsden J. Perry