Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome.

All titles

• Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome.
• Novella Court begger City wit Damoiselle

People / Organizations

• J.F. and ("printed by")
• Richard Brome (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by J.F. [and T.R.] and are to be sold by J. Sweeting, at his shop at the Angel in Popeshead-Alley, 1654.

Publication year

1654-1654

ESTC No.

R223961

Grub Street ID

97707

Description

[482] p. : port. (metal cut) ; 8⁰

Note

Partly in verse.

Editor's dedication signed: A. Brome.

The words "madd couple .. Damoiselle." are bracketed together on title page.

The portrait is signed: T. Cross sculpsit.

Uncontrolled note

DFONOTE SMT shouldn't pagination be [480] p., [1] leaf of plates - pi1 being the portait? it is useful to know that leaves ?A2 and ?A3 are mis-signed 'A3' and 'A2' respectively'; Greg III should be cited as p.1022'; could we also have a note explaining that the DFo copy has cancelland t.p., prelims., and G1,2,3 bound together at end: there one can clearly see that ?A1(gen. t.p.)and G3, ?A2(signed 'A3') and G2, A3 (signed 'A2') and G1, and ?A4.5 are conjugate and comprise one gathering in 8's. This challenges the collation supplied in the Pforz. cat. for the earlier issue and more closely resembles that in Greg