Ravenscroft, Edward. Dame Dobson: or, The cunning woman. : A comedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre. By Edward Ravenscroft, Gent

ESTC number: R39092
Woodward & McManaway: 967
Folger bibliographic ID: 154155
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: 830
Wing number: R329
Folger call number: R329 copy 2
Folger holdings ID: 149025

Bibliographic format

quarto

General notes

"An adaption of 'La devineresse; ou Les faux enchantemens', by Thomas Corneille and Jean Donneau de Vizé"--NUC pre-1956 imprints

Item information about Folger R329 copy 2

cs1265. Half dark red goatskin with red buckram boards; binding signed by The Atelier Bindery. Each leaf is inlaid. MS note on t.p.: "Collated & Perfect. J.P.K. [i.e. John Philip Kemble] 1798." Trimmed, affecting headlines. Provenance: J. P. Kemble copy; Devonshire Library copy; Huntington duplicate; 1924 Folger purchase from George D. Smith Estate (-see March 28, 1924 letter (lot no. 308) in Smith Folder in Booksellers' Bills and Receipts file on Deck C)

Extended title: Dame Dobson: or, The cunning woman. : A comedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre. By Edward Ravenscroft, Gent
Alternate titles: Cunning woman, Dame Dobson

author: Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707
former owner: Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
former owner: Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920
bookseller: Hindmarsh, Joseph, active 1678-1696
former owner: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery