Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Brome, Richard, -1652?

Contributor:

Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666.

Cross, Thomas, active 1632-1682, engraver.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2453:9.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

482 unnumbered pages : portrait (metal cut)

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Novella

Court begger

City wit

Damoiselle

Place of Publication:

London : printed by J.F. [and T.R.] and are to be sold by J. Sweeting, at his shop at the Angel in Popeshead-Alley, 1654.

Notes:

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.

"The copy was divided between two compositors. One set-up through sheet S; the other, the remainder" -- Pforzheimer Catalogue.

A reissue, with cancel title page, of the 1653 edition.

Signatures: pi1 A (-A6-8) B-S; A-F G4; A4 B-F G4 (-A6-8, G4).

"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).

Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1997. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2453:9). s1997 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) B4871

Greg III, 1654

OCLC:

150645721