The maides tragedy / by Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher ; an introduction by Christopher Morley ; wood engravings by Freda Bone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616, author.

Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, author.

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957, author of introduction.

Contributor:

Bone, Freda, illustrator.

Cheshire House, publisher, printer.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Maid's tragedy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--17th century.

English drama.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Stilwell, Robert Wayne (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[4], viii, [2], 147, [3] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Printed for Cheshire House, Publishers, 1932.

Notes:

"An Edition of twelve hundred copies of The Maides Tragedy, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, has been printed from type by Richard W. Ellis, and the wood-cut decorations printed from the original blocks. Published by Cheshire House, New York." -- Colophon.

Bound, as issued, in quarter leather and decorated paper, with title stamped in gold on spine. Top edge gilt.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 364.

OCLC:

1653152