The vvorkes of Benjamin Jonson. The second volume. : Containing these playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The staple of newes. 3 The Divell is an asse.
1640
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Title
The vvorkes of Benjamin Jonson. The second volume. : Containing these playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The staple of newes. 3 The Divell is an asse.
Uniform title
Works. Vol. 2-3
Created/published
London : Printed [by John Beale, John Dawson 2, Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet] for Richard Meighen [Thomas Walkley and Robert Allot], 1640 [i.e. 1641]
Description
v.2-3 (v.2: [12], 88, [2], 93-170, 75, [1] p.; v.3: 292; 79, 70-122, 133-155, [1]; 132 p.) ; (fol.)
Associated name
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, author.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665.
Beale, John, -1643, printer.
Alsop, Bernard, printer.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Genest, John, 1764-1839, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665.
Beale, John, -1643, printer.
Alsop, Bernard, printer.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Genest, John, 1764-1839, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Mostly in verse.
Consists of two volumes, 2 and 3, the former intended as a continuation of the first volume published in 1615. Vol. 2 was edited by the author, vol. 3 by Sir Kenelm Digby.
The three plays comprising volume 2 ("Bartholmew [sic] Fayre", "The Diuell is an asse", and "The staple of nevves") each have separate title page with imprint "... printed by I[ohn]. B[eale]. for Robert Allot ... 1631"; "The staple of nevves" begins new pagination on 2A1. In another state (STC 14754a) "The Diuell is an asse" is a reprint dated 1641 and the other two plays are often omitted.
Volume 2 is a reissue of STC 14753.5, with the first sheet run through the press again by Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet to print a general title on blank A1.
Volume 3, printed by John Dawson 2 for Thomas Walkley, lacks a general title page, and the order of the parts varies; the order given here follows Greg. "Christmas, his masque" begins pagination on B1; within this section, "Under-woods" and "Mortimer his fall" have separate title pages dated 1640. "The magnetick lady ... printed M.CD.XL. [sic]" begins new pagination and register; within this section, "A tale of a tub. ... printed M.DC.XL." and "The sad shepherd ... printed M.DC.XLI." have separate title pages. "Horace, his Art of poetrie ... M.DC.XL." begins new pagination and register; within this section, "The English grammar ... M.DC.XL." and "Timber ... M.DC.XLI." have separate title pages.
For details of publication history, see "Studies in Bibliography" 30:75-95.
Identified as STC 14754b on UMI microfilm reel 671 (Folger Shakespeare Library copy).
Consists of two volumes, 2 and 3, the former intended as a continuation of the first volume published in 1615. Vol. 2 was edited by the author, vol. 3 by Sir Kenelm Digby.
The three plays comprising volume 2 ("Bartholmew [sic] Fayre", "The Diuell is an asse", and "The staple of nevves") each have separate title page with imprint "... printed by I[ohn]. B[eale]. for Robert Allot ... 1631"; "The staple of nevves" begins new pagination on 2A1. In another state (STC 14754a) "The Diuell is an asse" is a reprint dated 1641 and the other two plays are often omitted.
Volume 2 is a reissue of STC 14753.5, with the first sheet run through the press again by Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet to print a general title on blank A1.
Volume 3, printed by John Dawson 2 for Thomas Walkley, lacks a general title page, and the order of the parts varies; the order given here follows Greg. "Christmas, his masque" begins pagination on B1; within this section, "Under-woods" and "Mortimer his fall" have separate title pages dated 1640. "The magnetick lady ... printed M.CD.XL. [sic]" begins new pagination and register; within this section, "A tale of a tub. ... printed M.DC.XL." and "The sad shepherd ... printed M.DC.XLI." have separate title pages. "Horace, his Art of poetrie ... M.DC.XL." begins new pagination and register; within this section, "The English grammar ... M.DC.XL." and "Timber ... M.DC.XLI." have separate title pages.
For details of publication history, see "Studies in Bibliography" 30:75-95.
Identified as STC 14754b on UMI microfilm reel 671 (Folger Shakespeare Library copy).
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for copy 4.
ESTC staff note
Rpm 11/19/96
Exhibited
Copy 4, Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 52)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 14754
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1076-7 and 1079-82
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 560
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111824
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, III, p. 1076-7 and 1079-82
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 560
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111824
Genre/form
Printed waste.
Prices (Provenance)
Prices (Provenance)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 14754 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs1948. For order of works see Folger card catalog. Paneled calf binding signed by Bayntun, Bath. Provenance: inscriptions on A3r: "E.B."; on recto of back fly-leaf: "B [?] [Roarers?]"; on t.p.: "John Genest Augst 1st 1784", with manuscript verse by Genest? on back fly-leaves with title "On Shakespeare", first line: "To draw no envy Shakespeare on thy name, ..."; bought by Folger from G.A. Baker + Co., 1929
Call number
STC 14754 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH125/7. For order of works see Folger card catalog. Manuscript prices on inside cover. Provenance: manuscript mark of ownership? and drawing on A2r; inscription on inside cover: "[Lewis Thorn?]"; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 14754 copy 3
Folger-specific note
5/20/43. For order of works see Folger card catalog. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "John Chicheley His Book 1693"
Call number
STC 14754 copy 4
Folger-specific note
cs9. For order of works see Folger card catalog. Mottled calf binding signed by Riviere & Sons
Call number
STC 14754 copy 5
Folger-specific note
HH125/6. For order of works see Folger card catalog. Printed waste spine lining and endpapers. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "Catherine Williams her hand ..."; armorial bookplate of William Constable; armorial bookplate of Paulin Martin, Abingdon (motto "initium sapientiae est timor domini"; Sotheby sale, 7 April 1930:182; collated at Quaritch; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 14754 copy 6
Folger-specific note
cs18. For order of works see Folger card catalog. Imperfect: lacking general t.p. (A1) and K3-4 of "Christmas, his masque". Plus engraved portrait of author. Leaf K2 of "Masques" torn, affecting text. Provenance: manuscript contents on front fly-leaf (Richard Grant White copy)
Call number
STC 14754 copy 7
Folger-specific note
5/3/45. Bound with: Dryden, J. Absalom and Achitophel. London, 1681 (Wing D2212, DFo smk D2212.2) and Settle, E. Absalom Senior: or, Achitophel transpros'd. London, 1682 (Wing S2652). Imperfect: fragment consisting of "Timber: or, Discoveries; ..." only. Provenance: inscription on t.p. of "Timber": "Henry Hayhurst ..."; anonymous armorial bookplate (motto "virtus semper viridis"), possibly France family