Catalogue of a most important & interesting collection of early English plays the property of the Lord Mostyn, Mostyn Hall, Mostyn, Chester : including Arden of Feversham, 1633 ; R. Armin's Two maids of More Clacke, 1609 ; Clyomon and Clamydes, 1599 ; Faire Em, 1631 ; U. Fulwell's Like will to like, 1587 ; T. Ingeland's Disobedient child (?1565) ; Jacob and Esau, 1568 ; Mucedorus, 1610 ; Munday and Chettle's Robin Hood, 1601 ; Nero, 1607 ; New custom, (1573) ; Nice wanton (c. 1560) ; No-body and some-body, n.d. ; Philotus, 1612 ; T. Preston's Cambises (1569) ; Chronicle history of King Leir, 1605, the precursor of Shakespeare's King Lear ; Sir Gyles Goosecap, 1606 ; J. Still's Gammer Gurton's needle, 1575 ; Thersytes (c. 1560) ; Trial of treasure, 1567 ; G. Wapull's Tyde taryeth no man, 1576 ; N. Woode's Conflict of conscience, 1581 ; Youth, first and second editions ; etc., some in duplicate. Plays by or attributed to W. Shakespeare, including A Yorkshire tragedy 1619, Sir John Oldcastle 1619, Pericles 1635, The merchant of Venice 1637, etc. Rare works of Beaumont and Fletcher, G. Chapman, R. Davenport, J. Day, T. Dekker, J. Ford, R. Greene, T. Heywood, Ben Jonson, C. Marlowe, J. Marston, P. Massinger, T. Middleton, T. Nabbes, G. Peel, J. Shirley, R. Wilson, etc. Unrecorded editions of Fedele and Fortunio, 1585, the foundation play of Shakespeare's Two gentlemen of Verona ; Impatient poverty, n.d. ; Jack Juggler, c. 1562, and R. Wever's Lusty Juventus ; and the only known copies of Henry Medwall's Fulgens and Lucrece (c. 1520), one of the earliest English comedies, and William Wager's Inough is as good as a feast (c. 1560-5). Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Thursday, the 20th of March, 1919, and following day ..

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Corporate Authors: Dryden Press (Printers), Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania), Riddle, Smith & Duffus. (Firm) (printers)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] : [Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge], [1919]
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Call Number: Z997.M88 S65 1919