The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Six Volumes; The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Three Volumes; The Dramatic Works of Richard Brome Containing Fifteen Comedies Now First Collected in Three Volumes; The Plays and Poems of Henry Glapthorne Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Two Volumes; The Plays and Poems of Cyril Tourneur

Thomas Heywood; George Chapman; Richard Brome; Henry Glapthorne; Cyril Tourneur; John Churton Collins [ed.]

Edité par John Pearson; Chatto and Windus 1873-1878, London, 1873

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A fantastic sixteen volume set of literary collections from five sixteenth and seventeenth century writers, in a Riviere calf binding. Sixteen volumes.In full green calf bindings, with marbled fore edges and endpapers. A signed binding, bound by Riviere.Including five sets:(1873) The Dramatic Works of Richard Brome Containing Fifteen Comedies Now First Collected in Three Volumes.Complete in three volumes, a collection of the works of Richard Brome, an English dramatist of theCarolineera.Volume the first contains 'The Madd Couple Well Matcht', 'The Novella', 'The Court Begger', 'City Witt', and 'Damoifelle'. Volume the second contains 'The English Moor, or The Mock Marriage', 'The Love-Sick Court, or The Ambitious Politique', 'Covent Garden Weeded', 'The Neuu Academy, or The Neuu Exchange', and 'The Queen and Concubine'. Volume the third contains 'The Northerne Laffe', 'The Sparagus Garden', 'The Antipodes', 'A Jovial Crew', and 'The Queen's Exchange'.(1873) The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Three Volumes.Complete in three volumes, a collection of the works of George Chapman, an Englishdramatist,translatorandpoet. He was aclassical scholarwhose work shows the influence ofStoicism. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of themetaphysical poetsof the 17th century.Volume the first contains 'Memoir of George Chapman', 'The Blinde Begger of Alexandria', 'An Humerous Dayes Mirth', 'All Fooles', 'Monsieur D'Olive', and 'The Gentleman Vsher'. Volume the second contains 'Bussy D'Ambois', 'The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois', 'The Conspiracie and Tragedie of Charles Duke of Byron', and 'May-Day'. Volume the third contains 'The Widdowes Teares', 'The Masque of the Middle Temple, and Lincolns Inne', 'The Tragedy of Caesar and Pompey', 'The Tragedy of Alphonsus Emperour of Germany, and 'Revenge for Honour'. All volumes with notes and illustrations.(1874) The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Six Volumes.Complete in six volumes, a collection of the works of Thomas Heywood, an English playwright, actor, and author. His main contributions were to late Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre.Volume the first contains a 'Memoir of Thomas Heywood, 'First and Second Parts of King Edward the Fourth, 'If You Know Not me, You Know No Body, Or the Troubled of Queen Elizabeth', and 'The Second Part of If You Know Not me, You Know No Body'. Volume the second contains 'The Faire Maid of the Exchange', 'A Woman Killed With Kindnesse', 'The Four Prentises of London', and 'The Faire Maid of the West'. Volume the third contains 'The Golden Age', 'The Silver Age', 'The Brazen Age', and 'The First and Second Parts of the Iron Age'. Volume the fourth contains 'The English Traveller', 'A maidenhead Well Lost', 'The Lancashire Witches', 'London's Ius Honorarium', 'Londini Sinus Salutis', and 'Londini Speculum'. Volume the fifth contains 'A Challenge for Beautie', 'Loves Maistresse', 'The R**e of Lucrece', 'Londini Porta Pietatis', 'The Wise Woman of Hogsdon', and 'Londini Pocatus'. Volume the sixth contains 'The Royall King and the Loyall Subject', 'Pleasant Dialogues and Drammas', and 'Fortune by Land and Sea'. All volumes with notes and illustrations. (1874) The Plays and Poems of Henry Glapthorne Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Two Volumes.Complete in two volumes, a collection of the works of Henry Glapthorne, an English dramatist and poet, baptized in Cambridgeshire, the son of Thomas Glapthorne and FaithnéeHatcliff. Volume the first contains 'Memoir of Henry Glapthorne', 'Argalus and Parthenia', 'The Hollander A Comedy', and 'Wit in a Constable'. Volume the second contains 'Th Tragedy of Albertus Wallenstien', 'The Ladies Priviledge' and a collection of poems such as 'The Epiftle Dedications' and 'To Mr. Charles Cotton'. Both volumes with notes and illustrations.(1878) Th.

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• Titre: The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Six Volumes; The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Three Volumes; The Dramatic Works of Richard Brome Containing Fifteen Comedies Now First Collected in Three Volumes; The Plays and Poems of Henry Glapthorne Now First Collected With Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author in Two Volumes; The Plays ...
• Éditeur: John Pearson; Chatto and Windus 1873-1878, London
• Date de parution: 1873
• Reliure: Leather
• Illustrateur: Not Stated
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Type de livre: book