Melanthe
Subtitle: fabula pastoralis acta cum Iacobus Magnae Brit. Franc. & Hiberniae Rex, Cantabrigiam suam nuper inviseret, ibidemq[ue] musarum, atque ciuis animi gratia dies quinque commoraretur : egerunt alumni Coll. San. et Indiuiduae Trinitatis
Contributors: Legge, Cantrell, -1625? printer; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Excudebat Cantrellus Legge
Published: 1615
Place of publication: Cantabrigiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 56
Other titles: Early English Playbooks, 1594-1799 (Boston Public Library); Shakespeare Collection (Collection of Distinction)
Notes: Place of publication appears above ornament on title page.

Author's name from Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.).

Signatures: A-Ǵþ H℗ø (A1=blank?)

Gatherings A, D-H fully signed; catchword on D4 verso: "Cogunt."; page 46 misnumbered 42.

Woodcut initial and headpiece on A3.

Boston Public Library. Barton Collection catalogue, Misc., p. 68

English short title catalogue, S121276

Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English drama to the Restoration, L7

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 17800

Cataloged 20171025 jmoschella

Condition reviewed  20171011  Chris Letizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in 19th-century blue goatskin and papier tourniquet. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. A1 (=blank?) wanting. Early/contemporary pen trials on H2 verso.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the first of four items bound together into a single volume titled "Dramas." This volume contains 1. Melanthe (ESTC S121276) -- 2. The miseries of inforst marriage (ESTC S119998) -- 3. The rape of Lucrece (ESTC S104073) -- 4. The ladies priviledge (ESTC S103220).