Six new playes : viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the Private House in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted. All written by James Shirley. Never printed before.
Shirley, James, 1596-1666. author.; Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, printmaker.; Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.; McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.; Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920, former owner.; Sion College. Library, former owner.
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Six new playes : viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the Private House in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted. All written by James Shirley. Never printed before.
Uniform title
Plays. Selections
Created/published
London : Printed [by William Wilson and Thomas Warren] for Humphrey Robinson at the Three Pigeons, and Humphrey Moseley at the Prince's Armes in St. Paul's Curch-yard [sic], 1653.
Description
[8], 72; [8], 58, [2]; [8], 74, [2]; [8], 78, [2]; [8], 69, [3]; [8], 78, [1] p., plate : port. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Shirley, James, 1596-1666. author.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, printmaker.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920, former owner.
Sion College. Library, former owner.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, printmaker.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920, former owner.
Sion College. Library, former owner.
Note
The words "Brothers. .. Court secret." are bracketed together on title page.
The portrait of the author is signed: W. Marshall sculpsit. 1646.
Contains "The brothers", "The sisters", "The doubtful heir", "The imposture", "The cardinal", and "The court secret", each with separate pagination, register, and title page (all but the last dated 1652). According to Greg, William Wilson printed the first, fourth, and sixth plays, Thomas Warren the others. "Although individual plays from the collection sometimes occur singly, there is no evidence that they were ever separately issued, unless it be that in Thomason's copy .. the plays do not appear in the order given in the title"--Greg.
Includes bibliography.
Variant lacks comma after title word "playes".
Annotation on Thomason copy: "ffebu. 8.", "1652"; 3 in imprint date crossed through.
The portrait of the author is signed: W. Marshall sculpsit. 1646.
Contains "The brothers", "The sisters", "The doubtful heir", "The imposture", "The cardinal", and "The court secret", each with separate pagination, register, and title page (all but the last dated 1652). According to Greg, William Wilson printed the first, fourth, and sixth plays, Thomas Warren the others. "Although individual plays from the collection sometimes occur singly, there is no evidence that they were ever separately issued, unless it be that in Thomason's copy .. the plays do not appear in the order given in the title"--Greg.
Includes bibliography.
Variant lacks comma after title word "playes".
Annotation on Thomason copy: "ffebu. 8.", "1652"; 3 in imprint date crossed through.
ESTC staff note
Verify 1652 variant; reported by Wise, as mentioned by Greg (no printed source given) note 1. - In case of matching problems cf. Greg note 2.
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), S3486
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1123-4
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.1226[1]
Woodward & McManaway, 1134
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R20878
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1123-4
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.1226[1]
Woodward & McManaway, 1134
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R20878
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Genre/form
Promptbooks.
Annotations.
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
S3486 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs1271. Green goatskin binding with marbled endpapers and all edges gilt; binding signed by Riviere & Son. Variant. Bd.w.: Moseley, Humphrey. Courteous reader, these books following are printed for Humphrey Moseley. [London: printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1656.] Lacking blanks ³A4 and ⁴A1; ⁵F4 misbound after ⁶F7. Provenance: bookplates of Marshall Clifford Lefferts and Herschel V. Jones; Bangs & Co., N.Y., cat. ("The Lefferts Books / April 21[-]24, 1902"), lot no. 1240; 1924 Folger purchase from the George D. Smith Estate
Call number
S3486 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs47. Bound in calf. Bd.w.: Moseley, Humphrey. Courteous reader, these books following are printed for Humphrey Moseley. [London: printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1653.] McKee bookplate signed: "E D F[rench] 1895." Lacking port. Blank ³A4 bound before ³A1. Manuscript markings and notes throughout. ³F6 mutilated, affecting text. Cropped, affecting headlines. Provenance: autograph of Elizabeth Cooper (according to Folger card catalogue, perhaps compiler of "The Muses" Library); autograph of and manuscript notes in the hand of Samuel Derrick (1724-1769); engraved bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee (motto "meum et tuum"); 1901 Folger purchase from John Anderson, N.Y. ("Catalogue of the library of the late Thomas J. McKee," lot no. 2658)
Call number
S3486 copy 3
Folger-specific note
6/20/47. Brown goatskin binding with gilt-stamped initials "S.E.S." and year "1884" on front cover. Cropped, affecting headlines. Provenance: author's presentation copy: manuscript note on recto of author port.: "For the noble hands / of Sr Edmund / Boyer [Bowyer?] / from his most humble servant / Ja: [James] Shirley"; on t.p., autograph of Cha. [Charles] Unwin; according to Folger card catalogue, initials on cover of Sewallis Evelyn Shirley - Shirley family library copy
Call number
S3486 copy 4
Folger-specific note
216315. Bound in sprinkled sheep; (re-backed). Bd.w.: Moseley, Humphrey. Courteous reader, these books following are printed for Humphrey Moseley. [London: printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.] "The Sisters" is a promptbook copy; cf. Montague Summers, "Essays in Petto," pp. 103-110 (actors' names in this copy are those of Thomas Killigrew's company in which Nell Gwyn played Pulcheria). Some leaves are mutilated and backed, affecting text. Manuscript notes and markings. ³A4 is bound before ³A1. Provenance: autograph and dated (1655) blind stamped initials (on front and back covers) of William Norman; markings of ownership (?) on final leaf: Tho:[Thomas] Browne (?); Sion College library copy; 1977 Folger Library purchase from Sotheby's