The Workes of Benjamin Jonson

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The first edition of the second volume of the collected works, the first volume having appeared in 1616 Each work, except the Masques, has separate t.-p., the first three with imprint: London, Printed by I.B. for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare, in Pauls Church-yard. 1631. The remaining titles, dated 1640-41, give neither printer nor publisher Paging and signatures are in five groups (broken by having The Staple of Newes, and Masques bound out of place): Bartholomew Fayre, and The Diuell is an Asse, 6p. 1., 170p. (89-90 omitted between plays) signatures: A6, B-M4, N-Y4; The Staple of Newes, 75, [1]p., signatures: Aa-Bb4, Cc1-2, C3-4, D-H4, I6; The Magnetick lady, Tale of a tub, Sad Sheperd, 155p. (numb. 70-79 repeated, and 123-132 omitted) signatures: A-P4, Q3, R-V4; Masques, Under-woods, and Mortimer, 292p., signatures: B-Q4, R2, S-X4, Y2, Z4, Aa-Oo4, Pp2, Qq4; Horace, English grammar, and Timber, 132p., signatures: A-K4, L2, M-R6 Errors in paging: Bartholomew Fayre, p.12-13, 31, printed 6, 3, 13; Staple of Newes, p.19, 22, 63, printed 9, 16, 36; Diuell is an Asse, p. 99, 132, 137 printed 97, 124, 129; Sad Shepherd, p. 151, 154 printed 143 and 146; Under-woods, p. 285 printed 283 Bartholmew Fayre. 1631.-The Staple of Newes. 1631.-The Diuell is an Asse. 1631.-The Magnetick Lady. 1640.-A Tale of a Tub. 1640.- The sad Shepherd. 1641.-Under-woods. Consisting of divers Poems. 1640.-Mortimer his Fall. 1640.-Masques.-Horace, his Art of Poetrie, made English. 1640.-The English Grammar. 1640.-Timber: or, Discoveries. 1641 Clark Library copy: 6 p.l., 88, 75, [1] p., 1 l., 93-170 p., 1 l., 163-292, 159, 155, 132 p.; bound in old sprinkled calf; lettered on back: Ben: Ionsons Works v.2
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