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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. |