Illustrations of Early English Literature. Edited by J. Payne Collier. Vol. I. 
Publisher: Privately Printed T. Richards
Published: 1862-1863
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Description: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">First of two volumes of the “Red Series,” reprints in 8vo. edited by John Payne Collier. Each piece is paged separately, with facsimiles of original title pages.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Contains:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">T. Knell, A piththy note to Papists all and some that joy in Feltons Martirdome. Defiring them to read this, and to judge, &amp; not in spite at simple truth to grudge. Set foorth by one that knew his life, and was with him at the houre of his death, which was the viii of August. Anno. 1570. at the west end of Paules Churche over against the Bishops gate, were he set up the Bul. London, Imprinted […] by John Allde, [1570] [1862], pp. ii, 20. (Fr# 1001, Red Series, no. 1)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">[T. Kyd] (attr.),The trueth of the most wicked and secret murthering of John Brewen, Goldsmith of London, committed by his owne wife through the provocation of one John Parker whom she loved: for which fact she was burned, and he hanged in Smithfield, on Wednesday the 28 of June, 1592, two years after the murther was committed. London, Imprinted […] for John Kid, and are to be sold by Edward White, 1592 [1862], pp. ii, 15, [1]. (Fr# 1002, Red Series, no. 2)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">The History of Jacob and his Twelve Sonnes. London, Imprinted […] by John Allde, for John Harison, [between 1569-1575] [1862], pp. iv, 37, [1]. (Fr# 1003, Red Series, no. 3)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">The wyll of the Devyll. And last Testament. London, Imprinted […] by Humfrey Powell, [ca. 1548?] [1862], pp. ii, 14. (Fr# 1004, Red Series, no. 4)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">[J. Beaumont], The metamorphosis of tabacco. London, Imprinted for John Flasket, and are to be sold at his shop, 1602 [1862], pp. ii, 50. (Fr# 1005, Red Series, no. 5)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">W. R., The most horrible and tragicall murther of the right honorable, the vertuous and valorous Gentleman, John Lord Bourgh, Baron of Castell Connell. Committed by Arnold Cosby, the foureteenth of Januarie. Togeather with the sorrowfull sighes of a sad soule, uppon his funerall: written by W. R. a servant of the said Lord Bourgh; The manner of death and execution of Arnold Cosbie, for murthering the Lord Boorke, who was executed at Wandsworth townes end on the 27. of Januarie 1591. With certaine verses written by the said Cosby in the time of his imprisonment, containing matter of great effect, as well touching his life, as also his penitence before his death. [London] Printed by R. R., Imprinted for William Wright, 1591 [1862], pp. ii, 20. (Fr# 1006, Red Series, no. 6)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">A newe enterlude, drawen out of the holy scripture, of godly queene Hester, verye necessary: newly made and imprinted, this present yere M.D.L.XI. [London : Pickering and Hacket], [1561?] [1862], pp. ii, 58. (Fr# 1007, Red Series, no. 7)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">[R. Copland (trans.)], Here begynneth the Complaynte of them that ben to late maryed. London, T. Richards, [1862], pp. ii, 19, [1]. (Fr# 1008, Red Series, no. 8)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">G. Whetstone, The censure of a loyall Subject: Upon certaine noted Speech and behaviours of those fourteene notable Traitors, at the place of their executions, the xx. and xxi. Of September last past. Wherein is handled matter of necessarye instruction to all dutifull Subjectes: especially, the multitude of ignorant people. London, Printed by Richard Jones, 1587 [1863], pp. ii, 65, [1]. (Fr# 1009, Red Series, no. 9)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Lyrics for old lutenists in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I; Being Specimens of the Words of Airs intended for concerted performance, and social amusement. London, 1863, pp. iii-iv, ff. [2], pp. 42. (Fr# 1010, Red Series, no. 10)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Two most unnaturall and bloodie Murthers: The one by Maister Caverley, a Yorkshire Gentleman, practised upon his wife, and committed uppon his two Children, the three and twentie of Aprill 1605. The other, by Mistris Browne, and her servant Peter, upon her husband, who were executed in Lent last past at Bury in Suffolke. 1605. London, Printed […] by V. S. for Nathanael Butter, 1605 [1863], pp. ii, 38. (Fr# 1011, Red Series, no. 11)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">A Complaint of the Churche, against the barbarous tyranny executed in Fraunce upon her poor members. London, Imprinted […] by John Alde for Edmond Halley, 1562 [1863], pp. ii, 14. (Fr# 1013, Red Series, no. 12)</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">See A. &amp; J. Freeman, John Payne Collier. Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century. New Haven, 2004, A93-A103, A105.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4117192" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>