The alchemist: a comedy, acted in the yeere 1610, by the Kings Majesties Servants, with the allowance of the Master of Revells
Title
The alchemist: a comedy, acted in the yeere 1610, by the Kings Majesties Servants, with the allowance of the Master of Revells
Date
1640
Place
London
Publisher
Printed by Richard Bishop
Language
English
Latin
Greek
Note
CONTENT:
Disbound section of: Jonson, Ben. The workes of Benjamin Ionson. London : Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke ..., 1640. See STC 14753.
Disbound section of: Jonson, Ben. The workes of Benjamin Ionson. London : Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke ..., 1640. See STC 14753.
REFERENCES:
STC records 10+ copies. ESTC records 40 copies. "Mostly in verse. The title page is engraved and signed 'Guliel[mus] Hole fecit.' The subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. That to 'Poetaster' has imprint 'London, printed by Robert Young. M. DC. XL.' 'Epigrammes' begins new pagination and register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. The portrait is signed: Ro: Vaughan fecit" (EEBO). "Entered to R. Bishop 4 March 1639" (ESTC).
STC records 10+ copies. ESTC records 40 copies. "Mostly in verse. The title page is engraved and signed 'Guliel[mus] Hole fecit.' The subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. That to 'Poetaster' has imprint 'London, printed by Robert Young. M. DC. XL.' 'Epigrammes' begins new pagination and register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. The portrait is signed: Ro: Vaughan fecit" (EEBO). "Entered to R. Bishop 4 March 1639" (ESTC).
COLLATION:
[2Y4]-[2Y6], 2Z6-3D6, 3E1-3E2. [$3]. [2] 525-590 [1] pp. Boards measure 27.5 x 17.1 cm. Leaves measure 26.9 x 17.2 cm.
[2Y4]-[2Y6], 2Z6-3D6, 3E1-3E2. [$3]. [2] 525-590 [1] pp. Boards measure 27.5 x 17.1 cm. Leaves measure 26.9 x 17.2 cm.
DEDICATIONS:
Various; individual dedications precede each play or set of poems; various dedicatory sonnets at the opening.
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.
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.
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.
IMPRINT:
London : Printed by Richard Bishop, 1640.
London : Printed by Richard Bishop, 1640.
FORMAT:
[523]-591, [1] p. ; 28 cm. (fol.)
[523]-591, [1] p. ; 28 cm. (fol.)
Archive Location
Library Catalog
https://crrs.ca/rare_books/crrs-rare-book-retrieval-requests/
Num Pages
592
Call Number
PR2605 .A1 1640
Item Type
Book
Files
Collection
Citation
Ben Jonson, “The alchemist: a comedy, acted in the yeere 1610, by the Kings Majesties Servants, with the allowance of the Master of Revells,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 27, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/8502.