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Published by EEBO Editions, ProQuest, 2011
ISBN 10: 1240834977ISBN 13: 9781240834976
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions 2/1/2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241140340ISBN 13: 9781241140342
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Microcosmus; A Morall Maske (in Five Acts, in Prose and Verse), Etc. 0.31. Book.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241140634ISBN 13: 9781241140632
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241143463ISBN 13: 9781241143466
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241245843ISBN 13: 9781241245849
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241244065ISBN 13: 9781241244064
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241243271ISBN 13: 9781241243272
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241245037ISBN 13: 9781241245030
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011
ISBN 10: 1241241724ISBN 13: 9781241241728
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0282853537ISBN 13: 9780282853532
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Excerpt from Playes, Maskes, Epigrams, Elegies, and Epithalamiums. About the Publisher, Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1680 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 86.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1639 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 513.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 1391605276ISBN 13: 9781391605272
Seller: Buchpark, Trebbin, Germany
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Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 74 | Sprache: Englisch.
Published by Benjamin Blom Inc, New York, 1964
Seller: The Bookmonger, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A facsimile reprint of an edition first published in 1882-1889. An ex library set in very good condition, old labels to endpapers and ink stamps to copyright page, no other marks. very clean and sound. Pages are 334, 439, vi, 356, vii, 394, xx, 270, 283, xix,343.
Published by London, Printed by Richard Oulton for Charles Greene 1637., 1637
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Small 4to, pp.[54], wanting the initial blank; edges slightly browned but a very good copy, in nineteenth-century half blue morocco, endpapers renewed.First edition of an allegorical morality play (the Elements, the Senses, Love, Fear, Hope, Melancholy, et al.) which 'may be the first English masque presented in a theatre with moveable scenery' (Pforzheimer Catalogue). Completed during the seventeenth-month plague-closure of the theatres from May 1636 to October 1637, Microcosmus is 'the offspring of a morality play and a Jonsonian court masque it has much in common with Middleton and Rowley's World Tossed at Tennis, and even more with Ford and Dekker's Sun's Darling', another 'moral masque' (Bentley). In Microcosmus, 'Nabbes chronicles the temptations of an Everyman figure, Physander, who is led astray by Sensuality and the personified five senses before being rescued by Temperance. In the climactic trial scene Physander acquits himself against Sensuality and Malus Genius, who are banished to hell' (Oxford DNB). Unlike a regular masque, there is a readily identifiable plot, and while some characters remain abstractions, the senses take the form of a chambermaid (sight), usher (hearing), huntsman (smell), cook (taste), and 'Ladies Gentleman-usher' who 'kill[s] Spiders for her Monkey' (touch). In the form it is printed here, the masque requires extensive stage machinery: as the play progresses five scenes are 'discovered', set within a 'Front', presumably a proscenium arch of some sort, probably with a pair of shutters ('Love and Nature returne to the Scene, and it closeth'). Recent scholarship has sided with Bentley in agreeing, against expectation, that such a complicated staging may indeed have been possible even on a small private stage such as Salisbury Court; on the other hand, the instructions may represent the unrealised or partly unrealised 'intention of the Author' as mentioned on the title-page. STC 18342; Greg 514; Pforzheimer 756. See Astington, 'The "Messalina" Stage and Salisbury Court Plays', in Theatre Journal, 43:2 (1991), pp. 141156. Language: English.
Published by Printed by R[ichard]. H[odgkinson]. for Laurence Blaikelocke, London, 1640
Seller: Liber Antiquus Early Books & Manuscripts, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST EDITION. Bound in 19th c. half morocco and marbled boards (rubbed, minor defects at head of spine and corners, boards a bit soiled. A very good copy, the lower margin cut short, affecting some catchwords but never the text, title a little dusty, a few light spots. Provenance: Hove Public Library (withdrawn) stamp. Two very pretty woodcut floral headpieces. The first edition of Thomas Nabbes' romantic adventure about a runaway bride who survives duplicitous relatives, abduction, and attempted rape to be rescued by her true love. "[Nabbes] employs an exciting plot of comic intrigue and romantic adventure, including runaway lovers and unknown relationships, intentions misunderstood and tragedies avoided, set in the realistic world of the London merchant and Bankside brothelkeeper, but with pervasive reference to an allegorical superstructure that suggests that every man's action in this world is a microcosm of the struggle of good against evil in a just and ordered universe. The result is an atypical Caroline realistic comedy with an unusual emphasis on positive examples of exemplary moral conduct by members of the London middle class." (Lurie 2) As the play opens the (un-named) Bride is engaged to the much-older Goodlove, a prosperous merchant. When Goodlove's stepson Theophilus declares his love for the Bride, she returns his affection: My desires were never Setled on any other, though I durst not Reveale my passions aw'd by feminine custome, And my strict parents eyes. If you'l receive me, The desperate state of my crosse fortune armes me To any enterprise you'l be my guide in. (I.v.) The couple run off and hide at Squirrell's tavern and brothel. They meet Theophilus' cousin, the villainous Raven, who orders his henchmen, known as the Blades, to abduct the Bride. The henchmen try to rape the Bride: Bride: 'You are mistaken sir, I have no skill/ In th' art of prostitution.' Blade: 'You shall be instructed Lady; 'tis the Blades profession.' (II.vi) Theophilus defeats the Blades, rescues the Bride, and the lovers are reunited: 'Thy life! I scorn it: 'tis too base to pay A satisfaction; she must be redeem'd At a far higher rate.' (II.vi) In the play's final scene the characters are again brought together. Theophilus and the Bride learn Goodlove's true identity and his real intentions regarding his engagement to the Bride. "In his dedication, Nabbes joined the ranks of dramatists critical of contemporary actors who added and removed dialogue without consulting the author. 'The Bride' 'is here drest according to mine owne desire and intention; without ought taken from her that my selfe thought ornament; nor supplyed with any thing which I valued but as rags', implying that the actors in performance had deleted passages of his ('ornament') and added others of their own ('rags')." (Levin 553) Nabbes' career: "By the early 1630s, Thomas Nabbes had settled in London and started to write plays for the professional theatre. He is generally considered one of the 'sons of Ben', and while there is no evidence that he knew Ben Jonson personally his work shows Jonson's strong influence. In addition to his dramatic works, Nabbes wrote numerous commendatory verses for his literary friends. At some point Nabbes married a woman named Bridget and they settled in London. He was buried in St Giles on 6 April 1641, and the following year the parish granted 1s. for poor relief to 'Mrs. Mabbs, a poet's wife, her husband being dead'." (ODNB).
Published by Printed by Richard Oulton for Charles Greene, London, 1637
Seller: Liber Antiquus Early Books & Manuscripts, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST EDITION. Bound in 19th c. calf, with the gilt arms of Frederick Perkins on the boards, edges of boards gilt (binding rebacked preserving spine with some chipping, discoloration at the board edges.) The text is in fine condition, with just a mended tear to leaf H3 without loss and another small tear mended in the blank margin of the title; title a little dusty, verso of final leaf lightly soiled. Woodcut printer's device on title page; attractive woodcut ornament at head of text on B1. First edition of Nabbes' historical drama examining hubris and virtue against the backdrop of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage. Contemporary productions of this play likely utilized perspective scenery. This edition is important for the inclusion of a printed cast list, making it one of the few plays in English Renaissance drama for which cast information exists. The Roman general Scipio Africanus (236/235-c.â183 BC) gained immortal fame for masterminding the Roman victory against the Carthaginians, led by the equally-famous Hannibal (247-c.183/181 BC) at the decisive Battle of Zama. The defeat resulted in the capitulation of the Carthaginians, marking the end of the Second Punic War. "Nabbes' account of the two ancient generals of the title is drawn primarily from Livy and from North's translation of Plutarch. As in Nabbes's earlier comedies there is a contrast between the brave and temperate Scipio and the conflicted Hannibal, whose initial virtue is ultimately undermined by sins of the flesh. 'Hannibal and Scipio' differed from Nabbes's early comedies not just in its subject matter but in its probable use of perspective scenery and its increased use of song and dance." (ODNB) In the prologue, Nabbes mentions the music and changing scenery used during the play: The places sometimes chang'd too for the Scene. Which is translated as the musick playes Betwixt the acts. "Thematically, 'Hannibal and Scipio' is concerned with the nature of virtue and proper human conduct. The ultimate source for Nabbes's Neoplatonic philosophy is Cicero. Nabbes maintains the Ciceronian distinction between political and contemplative virtues, and he differentiates his two heroes on the basis of this distinction. The result is that Scipio is revealed as an epic hero, Hannibal as a tragic hero, and the play as an attempt at a kind of 'epic tragedy.' "Nabbes depicts Hannibal as a man whose pride and ambition can pervert political virtue so that the desire for earthly fame comes to override concern for one's country, and a man thus blinded is prey to ingratitude and Fortune. When he receives word of his recall, Hannibal admits his ambition for earthly fame: Must I then leave Rome unsubverted? So a man that strives To make himselfe eternall by erecting Of some stupendious monument, is forc't To his last quiet e're the work be perfect, Leaving it but a lame and halfe designe Of his ambition. "Hannibal considers himself 'built for fame'. In his pride, he sees himself 'a Colossus to be gaz'd at / By all beneath me'. Scipio rejects the temptation to seek worldly glory because he looks upon this life and his physical body as imperfect imitations of the eternal life of the spirit: Man From outward accidents should not derive The knowledge of himselfe: for so hee's made The creature of beginnings over which His vertue may command: Fortune and chance. When he by speculation hath inform'd His divine part hee's perfect; and 'till then But a rough matter, onely capable Of better forme. (264) "Scipio's decision to retire, then, becomes an affirmation of this philosophy." (Vince 327-43) "By the early 1630s Nabbes had settled in London and started to write plays for the professional theatre. He is generally considered one of the 'sons of Ben', and while there is no evidence that he knew Ben Jonson personally his work shows Jonson's strong influence. In addition to his dramatic works, Nabbes wrote numerous commendatory verses for his literary friends. At some point Nabbes married.