The works of Sr William D'avenant Kt consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which he design'd for the press: now published out of the authors originall copies. [Ornament].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Avenant, William, 1606-1668.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Tyas, J. Walter (bookplate)

Mendenhall, John C. (autograph, 1926) (donor) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

4 preliminary leaves, 402 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 486, that is, 484, 111 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, at the Sign of the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1673.

Contents:

Gondibert. 1672.

Madagascar, with other poems. 1672.

Poems on several occasions, never before printed. 1672.

Declamations at Ruthland-House.

Three masques at Whitehall; Clum Britannicum [by Thomas Carew] The temple of love. The triumphs of the Prince d'Amour.

The siege of Rhodes: the first and second part. 1672.

Playhouse to be let, containing the History of Sir Francis Drake, and the Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru.

Unfortunate lovers.

The Wits.

Love and honour.

Law against lovers.

Man's the master.

Platonick lovers.

Albovine king of Lombardy.

Just Italian.

Cruel brother.

News from Plimouth.

Distresses:

The siege.

Fair favorite.

Notes:

Dedication is signed by D'Avenant's widow, Mary D'Avenant. Notice to the reader signed: Henry Herringman.

Gondibert, Madagascar, Poems, and the Siege of Rhodes have special title-pages; new pagings begin with the Siege of Rhodes and News from Plimouth.

Signatures: 3 leaves unsigned; A-Z4; Aa-Zz4; Aaa-Ddd4; Eee2; A-Z4; Aa-Zz4; Aaa-Ppp4; Aaaa-Oooo4.

In the middle section (486 p.) p. 69-70 omitted in paging.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: [2] p. l. wanting. Final section (111 p.) misbound between the two larger sections.

OCLC:

1302987