Note
INDEX:
The second editions, divided into chapters, with a table of contents annexed.
FORMAT:
[30], 68, [3], 68-240, 239-595, [7] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
CONDITION:
VUL copy lacks p. 87-88, 351-382, 511-526, and last [6] p.
NOTE:
STC lists 10 copies. ESTC lists 21 copies. Printer's name from STC. First leaf blank. Three pages after p. 68 are 65, 66, 76.
Printed by Thomas Harper.
COLLATION:
(4to) [32] 1-240, 239-595, [7] p. P.2 misnumbered "14", p. 3 misnumbered "15", p. 67 misnumbered "76". "The three pages after p. 68 are numbered: 65, 66, 76" (EEBO). [par.]1-[par.]2, 2R1-2R2, [par.]3-[par.]8, A-2P8 2Q3 ($4);
Boards measure: 18.9 x 14.9 cm.
Leaves measure 18.2 x 14.8 cm.
TYPE:
Roman; Italic
DEDICATIONS:
Various; individual dedications precede each play or set of poems; various dedicatory sonnets at the opening.
TABLES AND INDEXES:
Catalogue of volume contents on A3.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Head and tail pieces; ornamented initials etc.
PRINTED MARGINALIA:
Moderate to heavy.
WATERMARK:
Jester
BINDING:
Early pasteboards with remnants of calf sewn to later green cloth spine. Tied. Four early thong supports found on inner boards, one of which (see backboard) is still attached to spine. Sewing threads in blue and white still present. A good example of the support structures of an early bound copy. Some signs of reddening to foreedges.
PROVENANCE:
CRRS bookplate on inside front board. Victoria University book label found beneath CRRS bookplate. Inscription on first fly in blue pen reads "Placed by Rev. J. Elwood Mitchell. 294 Warden Ave. Scarborough Ont.
HANDWRITTEN NOTES:
Final fly has a short note in black ink in an early secretary.
IMPRINT:
London : Printed by T.H. for Thomas Weaver, 1635.
CITATION/REFERENCE:
STC (2nd ed.) 3239