The libertine: : a tragedy. Acted by His Royal Highness's Servants
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Type of record: Book
Title: The libertine: : a tragedy. Acted by His Royal Highness's Servants
Classmark: BC Lt SHA
Creator(s): Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)
Additional creator(s): Rosimond sieur (1645-1686) (Other); Herringman, Henry (1704) (Other); Blavatnik Honresfield Library (Former owner)
Related people: Juan, Don (Legendary character)
Publisher: printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for Henry Herringman, at the Anchor, in the lower walk of the New Exchange
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1676
Language: English
Size and medium: 12 unnumbered pages, 85 pages, 3 unnumbered pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/282613
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001582709705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
First edition.
An adaption of: "Nouveau festin de Pierre" by Rosimond. Cf. Steiger, A. T. Shadwell's "Libertine," p. 40; Miles, D.H. Influence of Molière, p. 231.
BHL 01 (vol 1): seventh item in a bound volume of 8 items. $5 UkLeU
Bound with: The sullen lovers. / Thomas Shadwell. London: Henry Herringman, 1668. 5 UkLeU
Indexed in: Stratman 5574.
Indexed in: Woodward & McManaway,
Indexed in: Wrenn,
Indexed in: Wing S2857.
Indexed in: ESTC
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 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/-.
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