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[Armin, Robert]
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- The Valiant Welshman. Or, The True Chronicle History of the Life and Valiant Deeds of Caradoc the Great, King of Cambria, Now Called Wales. As it Hath Been Sundry Times Acted by the Prince of Wales his Servants. Written by R. A. London: Printed for William Gilbertson, at the Bible without Newgate, 1663
- paper
4to (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; 190 x 140 mm, uncut). Woodcut frontispiece, headpieces of printer's ornaments; browned with spotting, soiling and marginal dampstains. Modern blue morocco gilt, by Sangorskie & Sutcliffe.
Provenance
acquisition: Seven Gables, 1968
Literature
Wing A-3698; ESTC R6872; Greg 327(b)
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Second edition. The work is sometimes attributed to Robert Anton, and to Robert Aylett. The frontispiece appears for the first time in this edition. Robert Armin was the only other dramatist who acted in Shakespeare's Company while Shakespeare was acting. He is mentioned along with Shakespeare and others, on the royal patent to Shakespeare's company, May 19, 1603. Whoever the author may have been, he shows familiarity with the London stage and the works of Shakespeare, Jonson, Kyd and Spenser.