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The workes of Beniamin Jonson. [Vol. 1].: PB 9-2021

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The workes of Beniamin Jonson. [Vol. 1].
Workes of Benjamin Jonson

Maker(s)

Author: Jonson, Ben
Engraver: Hole, William
Engraver: Vaughan, Robert
Bookbinder: Bedford, Francis (bookbinder)

Categories

Description

[14],1015p ; 29cm (fol in 6s).

The title page is engraved and signed "Guliel[mus] Hole fecit".
Two other states of the title page exist, with variant imprints. STC identifies the present state as the earliest, found mainly on "large paper" copies (i.e. copies printed on better-quality paper). Cf. "The Library", ser. 6:8, p. 152-156.
Engraved portrait of Jonson by Vaughan inserted as a frontispiece.
A second volume was published without a general title page in 1631, and reissued in 1640-1641 with a new third volume and a reprint of the first volume.
Binding: by F. Bedford (stamp). Sprinkled calf, border (triple, g. fillet); spine & board edges g.t., raised bands, g. lettering on red spine labels; marbled e.p.; a.e.g.
Contents
Contents: Euery man in his humour -- Euery man out of his humour -- Cynthias reuels, or The fountayne of selfe-loue -- Poëtaster, or His arraignement -- Seianus his fall -- Volpone, or The foxe -- Epicoene, or The silent woman -- The alchemist -- Catiline his conspiracy -- Epigrammes -- The forrest -- Part of the kings entertainment -- A panegyre -- A particular entertainment -- Masques at court.

Notes

History note: Bequeathed by T.H. Riches, M.A. Gonville and Caius College 1935 (bk. label). Bookseller's price codes on back free e.p. of vol. 1.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1935) by Riches, Thomas Henry

Dating

Production date: AD 1616 : Imprinted at London : By Will Stansby, An° D. 1616.

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 9-2021
Primary reference Number: 302353
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 5 August 2021 Updated: Monday 10 January 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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