The Workes of Ben Jonson
by Jonson, Ben
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: William Stansby, 1616. 1st. Compiled and edited by Johnson, published in two sizes. This is the small-paper edition, originally 7 x 11 1/4 inches, trimmed here to 6 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches with no loss of text. Rebound in dark green morocco with five raised bands on spine; spine and covers stamped in gilt. Contains 842 of roughly 1025 original pages, including all plays: Every Man in his Humour, Every Man out of his Humour, Cynthias Revels, Poetaster, Seianus, Volpone or The Fox, Epicne or The Silent Woman, The Alchemist, and Catiline, as well as epigrams and Jonson's poetry collection, "The Forrest." Missing engraved portrait, title, and contents page, along with five of seven introductory dedication pages. Missing engraved title pages to all plays but "Poetaster," along with the Entertainments, Panegyre, Masques, and Barriers which comprised the last 173 pages of the book. Two pages of introductory dedication have been rebound as final leaf.
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- Bookseller
- James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9030692
- Title
- The Workes of Ben Jonson
- Author
- Jonson, Ben
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Stansby
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1616
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....