The workes of Beniamin Jonson

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Title: The workes of Beniamin Jonson
Alternative Title: Works. 1616
Workes of Benjamin Jonson
Creator: Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Contributor: Hole, William, -1624, engraver.
Published / Created: An[n]o D. 1616.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed by W. Stansby, and are to be sould by Rich. Meighen
Description: BEIN Eliz +13: Armorial bookplate: Wm. Gott. Ms. letter from William Gifford to John Dent concerning the work. From the library of John Dent. Presentation inscription from Ben Jonson to Francis Young, with Jonson's autograph. Rebound, incorporating portions of contemporary binding, by C. Lewis in 1831.
The title page is engraved and signed "Guliel[mus] Hole fecit".
The first leaf is blank.
The subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. Of these, "Every man out of his humour", "Cynthia's revels", and "Poetaster" have title pages in varying states; see Greg for details. Pagination and register are continuous.
A number of sheets exist in two different settings, and certain of these appear to be reprints done much later; see Greg, and "Studies in Bibliography" 40:106-20; 49:149-168; and 50:408-408.
Signatures: [par.]⁶ A-4P⁶ 4Q⁴ (3E3 signed 2E3; [par.]1 blank).
Extent: [12], 1015, [1] p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Subjects: Gott, William, 1797-1863 > Bookplate
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 > Presentation inscription to F. Young
Young, Francis > Presentation inscription from B. Jonson
Lewis, Charles, 1786-1836 > Binding
Gifford, William, 1756-1826 > Ms. notes
Dent, John, 1760-1826 > Ownership
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 > Autograph

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