Six new playes : viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the private house in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted
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Type of record: Book
Title: Six new playes : viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the private house in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted
Other titles: Six new plays
Classmark: BC Lt d/SHI
Creator(s): Shirley, James (1596-1666)
Publisher: Printed for Humphrey Robinson... and Humphrey Moseley
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1653
Language: English
Size and medium: 6 pts in 1
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/271797
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991018122989705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Each play has a separate t.p., dated either 1652 or 1653, and separate pagination and signatures.
Head-pieces; initials.
Frontispiece port. of the author, dated 1646.
Collation: [4]; [8], 72; [8], 58, [2]; [4], 74, [2]; [8], 78, [2]; [8], 67, [3]; [8], 78 p.
Signatures: pi2(pi1 blank), A4(A1 blank) B-E8 F4, A4 B-D8 E6(E6 blank), A4(A1 blank) B-E8 F6, A4(A1 blank) B-F8, A4 B-E8 F4, A4 B-F8(F8 blank).
Irregular pagination: The brothers: pp.6, 60-61, 64 wrongly numbered 9, 44-45, 48 respectively; The doubtful heir: p.56 wrongly numbered 65; The court secret: p.30 and 31 numbered 33 and 32 respectively.
Indexed in: Wing S3486.
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