Seventeenth-Century Plays

By Ben Jonson, Thomas Randolph (2), Henry Glapthorne (3) Thomas Goffe (3), Lewis Sharpe, James Shirley, and Jasper Fisher, of which nine are first editions. Twelve works bound in one volume, 4to (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 184 x 140 mm). Contemporary calf, smooth spine, red morocco lettering piece; lacking front endpapers, lower free endpaper, crazing to boards and spine, minor losses to spine ends. 

Ben Jonson. Catiline His Conspiracy. London: Printed by N[icholas]. Okes for J[ohn]. S[pencer]., 1635. Lacks initial blank, Some lower margins of quires L–M cropped affecting signatures, catchwords, and occasionally text. Second edition (STC 14760.5; ESTC S107327; Greg 296(d)) — [Thomas Randolph]. Aristippus, or, The Joviall Philosopher ... To Which Is Added, The Conceited Pedler. London: Printed [by Elizabeth Purslowe] for Robert Allot, 1635. Printer's device (McKerrow 311) on title-page, one woodcut headpiece. Sixth edition. (STC 20689; ESTC S123252; Greg 431,2 (f)) — Henry Glapthorne. The Tragedy of Albertus Wallenstein, Late Duke of Fridland, and Generall to the Emperor Ferdinand the Second ... The Scene, Egers ... London: Imprinted by Tho[mas]. Paine, for George Hutton Dwelling at the Turn-Stile in Holborne, 1639. First edition (STC 11912; ESTC 103196; Greg 564(*))  — Thomas Goffe. The Tragedy of Orestes. London: Printed by J[ohn]. B[eale]. for Richard Meighen, and Are to Be Sold at His Shop at the Middle Temple-Gate, neere Temple-Barre in Fleetstreet, 1633. First edition (STC 11982; ESTC S103295; Greg 485) — Thomas Randolph. The Jealous Lovers· A Comedie ... [Cambridge]: Printed by [Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel] the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge. Ann. Dom. 1634. And Are to Be Sold by Rich[ard]. Ireland, [1634]. Title within double row of ornaments. Second edition, with the initial and final blanks. (STC 20693; ESTC S1284; Greg 469(b)) — Henry Glapthorne. Argalus and Parthenia. London: Printed by R. Bishop for Daniel Pakeman, at the Raine-Bow Neere the Inner Temple Gate, 1639. First edition. (STC 11908; ESTC S103124; Greg 557; Pforzheimer 408) — Thomas Goffe. The Raging Turke, or, Bajazet the Second. A Tragedie ... London: Printed by August[ine]. Mathewes, for Richard Meighen, 1631. Dampstained and somewhat browned throughout. First edition (STC 11980; ESTC S103199; Greg 447(a)) —  Henry Glapthorne. The Ladies Priviledge. London: Imprinted by J[ohn]. Okes, for Francis Constable, and Are to Be Sold at His Shops in Kings-Street, at the Signe of the Goat, and in Westminster-Hall, 1640. Light browning in last two quires.  First edition (STC 11910; ESTC S103220; Greg 590; Pforzheimer 409) — Thomas Goffe. The Couragious Turke, or, Amurath the First. A Tragedie. London: Printed by B. Alsop, and T. Fawcet, for Richard Meighen, 1632. Quires A and I on shorter paper, some browning and staining, a few running heads shaved. First edition (STC 11977; ESTC S122361; Greg 458(a)) — L[ewis]. S[harpe]. The Noble Stranger. London: Imprinted by J[ohn]. O[kes]. for James Becket, and Are to Be Sold at His Shop at the Inner Temple Gate, in Fleet-Streete, 1640. Printer's device on title-page, initial blank present. First edition (STC 22377; ESTC S117222; Greg 597; Pforzheimer 920) — James Shirley. The Royall Master. London: Printed by T[homas]. Cotes, and Are to Be Sold by John Crooke, and Richard Serger, at the Grayhound in Pauls Church-Yard, 1638. First edition, with the final blank. (STC 22454; ESTC S117251; Greg 538(*); Pforzheimer 934) — Jasper Fisher. Fuimus Troes Aeneid. 2. The True Trojanes, Being a Story of the Britaines Valour at the Romanes First Invasion. London: Printed by J[ohn]. L[egatt]. for Robert Allot, and Are to Be Sold at the Signe of the Beare in Pauls-Churchyard, 1633. First edition, with the initial blank. (STC 10886; ESTC S102088; Greg 482(a))

Israel [?Rait] (contemporary signature on title-page of Catiline) — Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden, Knight of the Order of St. Patrick, 1788–1870 (nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate inside front board and shelf-label) — Sotheby's London, 19 July 1990, lot 21. acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch

By Ben Jonson, Thomas Randolph (2), Henry Glapthorne (3) Thomas Goffe (3), Lewis Sharpe, James Shirley, and Jasper Fisher, of which nine are first editions. Twelve works bound in one volume, 4to (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 184 x 140 mm). Contemporary calf, smooth spine, red morocco lettering piece; lacking front endpapers, lower free endpaper, crazing to boards and spine, minor losses to spine ends. Ben Jonson. Catiline His Conspiracy. London: Printed by N[icholas]. Okes for J[ohn]. S[pencer]., 1635. Lacks initial blank, Some lower margins of quires L–M cropped affecting signatures, catchwords, and occasionally text. Second edition (STC 14760.5; ESTC S107327; Greg 296(d)) — [Thomas Randolph]. Aristippus, or, The Joviall Philosopher ... To Which Is Added, The Conceited Pedler. London: Printed [by Elizabeth Purslowe] for Robert Allot, 1635. Printer's device (McKerrow 311) on title-page, one woodcut headpiece. Sixth edition. (STC 20689; ESTC S123252; Greg 431,2 (f)) — Henry Glapthorne. The Tragedy of Albertus Wallenstein, Late Duke of Fridland, and Generall to the Emperor Ferdinand the Second ... The Scene, Egers ... London: Imprinted by Tho[mas]. Paine, for George Hutton Dwelling at the Turn-Stile in Holborne, 1639. First edition (STC 11912; ESTC 103196; Greg 564(*)) — Thomas Goffe. The Tragedy of Orestes. London: Printed by J[ohn]. B[eale]. for Richard Meighen, and Are to Be Sold at His Shop at the Middle Temple-Gate, neere Temple-Barre in Fleetstreet, 1633. First edition (STC 11982; ESTC S103295; Greg 485) — Thomas Randolph. The Jealous Lovers· A Comedie ... [Cambridge]: Printed by [Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel] the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge. Ann. Dom. 1634. And Are to Be Sold by Rich[ard]. Ireland, [1634]. Title within double row of ornaments. Second edition, with the initial and final blanks. (STC 20693; ESTC S1284; Greg 469(b)) — Henry Glapthorne. Argalus and Parthenia. London: Printed by R. Bishop for Daniel Pakeman, at the Raine-Bow Neere the Inner Temple Gate, 1639. First edition. (STC 11908; ESTC S103124; Greg 557; Pforzheimer 408) — Thomas Goffe. The Raging Turke, or, Bajazet the Second. A Tragedie ... London: Printed by August[ine]. Mathewes, for Richard Meighen, 1631. Dampstained and somewhat browned throughout. First edition (STC 11980; ESTC S103199; Greg 447(a)) — Henry Glapthorne. The Ladies Priviledge. London: Imprinted by J[ohn]. Okes, for Francis Constable, and Are to Be Sold at His Shops in Kings-Street, at the Signe of the Goat, and in Westminster-Hall, 1640. Light browning in last two quires. First edition (STC 11910; ESTC S103220; Greg 590; Pforzheimer 409) — Thomas Goffe. The Couragious Turke, or, Amurath the First. A Tragedie. London: Printed by B. Alsop, and T. Fawcet, for Richard Meighen, 1632. Quires A and I on shorter paper, some browning and staining, a few running heads shaved. First edition (STC 11977; ESTC S122361; Greg 458(a)) — L[ewis]. S[harpe]. The Noble Stranger. London: Imprinted by J[ohn]. O[kes]. for James Becket, and Are to Be Sold at His Shop at the Inner Temple Gate, in Fleet-Streete, 1640. Printer's device on title-page, initial blank present. First edition (STC 22377; ESTC S117222; Greg 597; Pforzheimer 920) — James Shirley. The Royall Master. London: Printed by T[homas]. Cotes, and Are to Be Sold by John Crooke, and Richard Serger, at the Grayhound in Pauls Church-Yard, 1638. First edition, with the final blank. (STC 22454; ESTC S117251; Greg 538(*); Pforzheimer 934) — Jasper Fisher. Fuimus Troes Aeneid. 2. The True Trojanes, Being a Story of the Britaines Valour at the Romanes First Invasion. London: Printed by J[ohn]. L[egatt]. for Robert Allot, and Are to Be Sold at the Signe of the Beare in Pauls-Churchyard, 1633. First edition, with the initial blank. (STC 10886; ESTC S102088; Greg 482(a))
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