The workes of Benjamin Jonson.

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Author

Ben Jonson

Title

The workes of Benjamin Jonson.

Date

1640

Place

London

Publisher

Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke

Language

English
Latin
Greek

Contributor

Gerald Eades Bentley
Robert Vaughan
William Hole
Richard Bishop
Robert Young
Thomas Coningsby Coningsby

Note

CONTENT:
Mostly in verse.  

Each work, except The Forrest and A Panegyre, has special t.p.; Poëtaster has imprint: Printed by R. Young. 

Epigrammes, The Forrest, Part of the kings entertainment, A Panegyre, Entertainments, and Masques are paged as a separate section.
Every man in his humor.-- Every man out of his humor.-- Cynthias revells.-- Poëtaster.-- Sejanus.-- The fox.-- The silent woman.-- The alchymist.-- Catiline.-- Epigrammes.-- The forrest.-- Entertainments.-- Panegyre.-- Masques

COLLATION:
A6-3K6 3L4 A6-T6 [$3 (-A1, A2, 2L1, 3L3)]. A1 repaired. [12] 1-668, 1-228. Unnumbered pages: 1, 2, 63, 64, 153-154, 236-238, 311-312, 385-386, 457, 458, 524, 592-594, 2nd 1, 2, 66-68, 91, 92, 111, 112. Boards measure 30.3 x 18.1 cm. Leaves measure 29.3 x 18.2 cm. Pastedown has note "Tall copy"--11 5/8 x 7 3/8 in pencil.

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:
Ornamented and historiated initials, head and tail pieces. Printer's devices: Every Man in His Humour, Every Man Out of His Humour, Cynthia's Revels, Sejanus His Fall, Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist, Cateline: his Conspiracy: McKerrow #379 (without initials; see note in Additions to McKerrow's Devices, Lavin). Every Man Out of His Humour: McKerrow #379.

The portrait is signed: Ro: Vaughan fecit.

The title page is engraved and signed "Guliel[mus] Hole fecit".

IMPRINT:
London : Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1640.

FORMAT:
[10], 668, 228 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 29 cm.

CONDITION:
Copy (Blake Suppl. no. 70) imperfect: Title-page, portrait frontispiece, and first ten pages of preliminaries damaged with repairs and some loss of text.

Errors in paging: p. 357 is misnumbered 356

REFERENCES:
Greg, III, p.1073-5
S.T.C. 14753

Library Catalog

https://crrs.ca/rare_books/crrs-rare-book-retrieval-requests/

Num Pages

908

Call Number

PR2600 1640

Item Type

Book

Collection

Citation

Ben Jonson, “The workes of Benjamin Jonson.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed September 24, 2023, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/8437.

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