Psyche : a tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre
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Type of record: Book
Title: Psyche : a tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre
Classmark: BC Lt SHA
Creator(s): Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)
Additional creator(s): T. N (Other); Herringman, Henry (1704) (Other); Blavatnik Honresfield Library (Former owner)
Publisher: printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1675
Language: English
Size and medium: 12 unnumbered pages, 72 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/282618
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001582999705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Dedication to James Duke of Monmouth.
BHL 01 (vol 1): sixth item in bound volume of 8 items.
BHL 01 (vol 1) bound with The sullen lovers. / Thomas Shadwell. London: Henry Herringman, 1668.
Indexed in: Wing S 2866; Woodward & McManaway 1086, i.e. first listed issue, with "Lower" in imprint and "Countrey" in heading on p.1.
Indexed in: ESTC
Indexed in: Pforzheimer,
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): Eighteenth/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 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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