The gentleman dancing-master
Subtitle: a comedy : as it is acted by Their Majesties Servants
By: by Mr Wycherley
Contributors: Herringman, Henry, -1704, bookseller; Dring, Thomas, -1695, bookseller; Bentley, Richard, -1697, bookseller; Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller; Bennet, Thomas, -1706, bookseller; Saunders, Francis, active 1684-1699, bookseller; Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899, former owner; Jenks, D. former owner
Publisher: Printed for H. Herringman, and sold by T. Dring, R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet
Published: 1693
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Other titles: Early English Playbooks, 1594-1799 (Boston Public Library)
Notes: Signatures: A-Íþ.

English short title catalogue, R34098

Cataloged 20171103 jmoschella

condition reviewed 20171114 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.3960.23 no.1 halfbound in green goatskin and marbled papers. Bookplate of the BPL Schofield Funds. BPL embossed stamp on title page. Inscription on front flyleaf verso: "D. Jenks, AB, Feby 7th, 1780," with hand-drawn coat of arms (three boars' heads erased and the motto "virescit vulnere virtus.") Ca. 18th-century inscription of volume contents on same leaf. Inscription on title page verso: "from the Augustin Daly library." Lot no. 3752 in the Daly sale of March, 1900 (American Art Galleries). Acquired April, 1900.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.3960.23 no.1 is the first of four items bound into a single volume titled, "Wycherley's plays--1693-5." This volume containts: 1. Wycherley, William. The gentleman dancing-master. London : Printed for H. Herringman, and sold by T. Dring, R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet, 1693 (ESTC R34098) -- 2. Wycherley, William. Love in a wood, or, St. James's Park. London : Printed by T. Warren for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet, 1694 (ESTC R38775) --3. Wycherley, William. The country wife. London : Printed for Samuel Briscoe and Daniel Drin, 1695. (ESTC R235646) -- 4. Wycherley, William. The plain-dealer. London : Printed for R. Bentley, 1694 (ESTC R38779). Each item cataloged separately.