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The excellent comedy, called The old law, or, A new way to please you   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640
Middleton, Thomas, -1627, author
Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?, author
Archer, Edward, bookseller
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner
Clawson, John L. (John Lewis), 1865-1933, former owner
Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928, former owner
Title
The excellent comedy, called The old law, or, A new way to please you
Publisher
London : Printed for Edward Archer, at the signe of the Adam and Eve, in Little Britaine
Description
The words "Phil. ... Rowley." are bracketed together on title page
Includes bibliography, i.e. "An exact and perfect catalogue of all the plaies that were ever printed; ..." (caption title), 16 unumbered pages at end
Signatures: [A]² B-K⁴ L² (a)-(b)⁴ (A1 blank)
Head- and tailpieces
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration
English short title catalogue
Cataloged
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in full vellum double-paneled in gilt with floral central rhombus. The spine is ruled is gilt with floral stamps in each compartment. The bookplates of Robert Hoe, John L Clawson, and Herschel Vespasian Jones are present on the front pastedown. A sale description is tipped-onto the front free endpaper. Many entries in the catalogue are underlined. In this copy, many pages show raised quarters. A1 (blank) is wanting.

Subjects: English drama
Language English
Publication date 1656
publication_date QS:P577,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
excellentcomedyc00mass
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No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.CHECK-IN NOTES:

-Some leaves have text cut off near bottom of page.
Authority file  OCLC: 606621415
Source
Internet Archive identifier: excellentcomedyc00mass
https://archive.org/download/excellentcomedyc00mass/excellentcomedyc00mass.pdf
  • IA contributor: Boston Public Library

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