02607nam 2200493 n 450 99638472100331620200824121355.0(CKB)4940000000068180(EEBO)2248525978(UnM)99862462e(UnM)99862462(EXLCZ)99494000000006818019921120d1653 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome[electronic resource]London Printed [by T[homas] R[oycroft]] for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, and are to be sold at their shops1653[482] p. port. (metal cut)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.Printer's name from the Pforzheimer Catalogue. "The copy was divided between two compositors. One set-up through sheet S; the other, the remainder"--Pforzheimer Catalogue.Signatures: pi1 A (-A6-8) B-S; A-F G⁴; A⁴ B-F G1-3 (=A6-8)."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).Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 20"."The Novella" identified on UMI microfilm (Early English Books 1641-17700) reel 1773 as wing B4880.With 16 final advertisement pages.Reproductions of the originals in the British Library and the Harvard University Library.The madd couple well matcht -- The novella -- The court begger -- The city wit -- the damoiselle.eebo-0018English drama17th centuryEnglish dramaBrome Richardd. 1652?793120Brome Alexander1620-1666.896918Cross Thomasfl. 1632-1682,Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996384721003316Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome2330455UNISA