The excellent comedy, called The old law, or, A new way to please you
By: by Phil. Massinger. Tho. Middleton. William Rowley ; acted before the King and Queene at Salisbury House, and at severall other places, with great applause ; together with an exact and perfect catalogue of all the playes, with the authors names, and what are comedies, tragedies, histories, pastoralls, masks, interludes, more exactly printed then ever before
Contributors: Middleton, Thomas, -1627, author; Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?, author; Archer, Edward, bookseller; Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner; Clawson, John L. (John Lewis), 1865-1933, former owner; Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928, former owner
Publisher: Printed for Edward Archer, at the signe of the Adam and Eve, in Little Britaine
Published: 1656
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: English drama; Bibliography
Other titles: New way to please you; Old law; Exact and perfect catalogue of all the plaies that were ever printed.
Notes: The words "Phil. ... Rowley." are bracketed together on title page.

Includes bibliography, i.e. "An exact and perfect catalogue of all the plaies that were ever printed; ..." (caption title), 16 unumbered pages at end.

Signatures: [A]℗ø B-Ḱþ L℗ø (a)-(b)́þ (A1 blank)

Head- and tailpieces.

Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, vol. II, entry 766

English short title catalogue, entry R12634

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in full vellum double-panelled in gilt with a floral, central rhombus. The spine is ruled is gilt with floral stamps in each compartment. The bookplates of Robert Hoe, John L Clawson, and Herschel Vespasian Jones are present on the front pastedown. A sales description is tipped-onto the front free endpaper. Many entries in the catalogue are underlined in an early hand. In this copy, many pages show raised quarters. A1 (blank) is wanting.