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

Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration: III, p.1021-22
ESTC number: R202038
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661: E.1423[1]
Folger bibliographic ID: 139553
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: 107
Wing number: B4868
Folger call number: B4870 copy 2
Folger holdings ID: 141443

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

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 Printer's name from the Pforzheimer Catalogue. "The copy was divided between two compositors. One set-up through sheet S; the other, the remainder"--Pforzheimer Catalogue Signatures: pi1 A⁸(-A6-8) B-S⁸, ²A-F⁸ ²G⁴, ³A⁴ ³B-F⁸ ³G1-3 [=¹A6-8] "The novella" and "The court begger" each have separate dated title page; register is continuous. "The city wit" (Wing B4866) and "The damoiselle" (Wing B4868) each have separate register and dated title page with "printed by T.R." in imprint. There is no indication that the latter two plays were ever issued separately, though they are sometimes found so (Greg) Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 20" "The Novella" identified on UMI microfilm (Early English Books 1641-17700) reel 1773 as wing B4880 Wing B4867 has been cancelled and is now part of B4870 Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1977. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts; 182:E.1423[1]) Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel: 35 mm (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1436:15-16) Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1987. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English Books, 1641-1700; 1773:4) Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex, 1953. 1 microopaque ;23 x 15 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1642-1700) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830). Also available in microfiche

Item information about Folger B4870 copy 2

Parts 2 (City Wit) and 3 (Damoiselle) and 4 prelim. leaves (¹A2-5) mis-bound in that order immediately after general t.p. A few leaves cropped at head, affecting running titles. Manuscript notes on front free end-paper and on slips pasted to front and back fly-leaves. Brown calf binding, gold-tooled, with leather labels on spine lettered in gilt: 'Brome's Plays' and 'Vol. 1.'. Provenance: inscriptions: 'J. P. Andrews'; 'J. Mitford, 1835', and 'Corns. Paine jr., 1867'; bookplates of Paine (motto "audax et prudens"); and Thomas Jefferson McKee (motto "meum et tuum")

Uniform title: Plays
Alternate titles: Court begger, Novella

author: Brome, Richard, -1652?
associated with: Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666
printmaker: Cross, Thomas, active 1632-1682
former owner: Hayes, Francis B. (Francis Brown), 1819-1884
former owner: McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899
former owner: Mitford, John, 1781-1859
former owner: Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935