The bond-man
Subtitle: an ancient storie : as it hath beene often acted with good allowance, at the Cock-pit in Drury-Lane by the most excellent princesse, the Lady Elizabeth Her Servants
By: by Philip Massinger
Contributors: Raworth, John, -1645, printer; Harrison, John, active 1602-1641, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed by Iohn Raworth for Iohn Harrison, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the Golden Vnicorn in Pater-noster Row
Published: 1638
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: English drama
Other titles: Shakespeare Collection (Collection of Distinction); Early English Playbooks, 1594-1799 (Boston Public Library)
Notes: In verse.

Signatures: A-Ḱþ.

Head-pieces; initial.

Another issue in 1638 has imprint: Printed by Iohn Raworth for Edward Blackmore.

Boston Public Library. Barton Collection catalogue, Misc., p. 369

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 17633

English short title catalogue, S112412

Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, II, 408(b).

condition reviewed 20171130 cletizia

Cataloged 20171025 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in 19th-century green goatskin and papier tourniquet. Title stamped in gilt on the spine. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. Heavy ca. 19th-century paper wrappers bound-in, with title in manuscript. Dealers' inscriptions on title page, including the number "151" in the lower left margin, and the number "4" in the lower right.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the first of three items bound together into a single volume titled, "Massinger Dramas." This volume contains: 1. The bond-man (ESTC S112412) -- 2. The Duke of Millaine (ESTC S112417) -- 3. The virgin martyr (ESTC R19727).