Five new playes, : viz. The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. /
Brome, Richard,-1652?.
Brome, Alexander,1620-1666,ed.
Cross, Thomas,active 1632-1682,engraver.
London : printed [by T[homas] R[oycroft]] for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, and are to be sold at their shops,
1653..
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; A-F⁸ G⁴; A⁴ B-F⁸ G1-3 (=A6-8).
"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.
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