The Lancashire-witches and Tegue O Divelly the Irish priest : a comedy
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Type of record: Book
Title: The Lancashire-witches and Tegue O Divelly the Irish priest : a comedy
Other titles: The Lancashire witches and Tegue O Divelly the Irish priest
Classmark: BC Lt SHA
Creator(s): Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)
Additional creator(s): Ettricke, Sarah (Former owner); Blavatnik Honresfield Library (Former owner)
Publisher: Printed for John Starkey
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1682
Language: English
Size and medium: 8 unnumbered pages, 75 pages, 1 unnumbered page
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/282612
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001582669705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
"Acted at the Duke's Theater."
Pp.49-64 (sig.H-I) irregularly numbered as follows: 49, 58, 59, 52, 53, 62, 63, 56, 59, 58, 59, 58, 63, 62, 63, 62. The text is in order.
Errata: p. [5].
Advertisements on p. [6].
BHL 01 (vol 2): twelfth item in bound volume of 17 items.
BHL 01 (vol 2) bound with: The history of Timon of Athens, 1678.
Indexed in: ESTC
Indexed in: Wing S2853; Woodward and McManaway 1076, i.e. the first Starkey issue, with errata at end of preface.
Indexed in: Wrenn,
Features
Leeds University Library copy at BHL 01:excerpt from booksellers catalogue pasted onto front pastedown of vol 1.
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at BHL 01 (vol 1 & 2): Nineteenth-century blue morocco, gold tooled on cover and spines, red marbled endpapers.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at BHL 01: Given from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the National Libraries, 2022. Excerpt from bookseller's catalogue on front pastedown of volume 1 explains that Mr Lacy of theatrical renown collected these original editions of Shadwell's plays over 30 years. MS. annotations by bookseller on front flyleaf, including possible price 6/6/-. MS. inscription on title page: Sarah Ettricke.
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