The works of Sr William D'avenant Kt : consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which he design'd for the press: now published out of the authors originall copies.

Accession number: 
PML 39483
Author: 
D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668.
Published: 
London : Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, at the Sign of the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1673.
Description: 
[8], 402, [4], 68, 71-486 , 111, [1] p., [1] plate : (port.) ; 33 cm
Credit: 
Purchased 1947.
Notes: 

Printer's name from Wing.
Frontispiece portrait of the author signed: "Io Grenhill pinx. W. Faithorne sculp."
"Gondibert," "Madagascar" and "Poems on Several Occasions" have separate title-pages with imprint, London, Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1672. "The Siege of Rhodes" has a separate title-page with imprint, Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1672.
Dedication is signed by D'Avenant's widow, Mary D'Avenant. Notice to the reader signed: Henry Herringman.
Gondibert, Madagascar, Poems, and the Siege of Rhodes have special title-pages; new pagings begin with the Siege of Rhodes and News from Plimouth.
Error in paging: nos. 69-70 omitted.
Compiled by the publisher Henry Herringman.
First collected ed. - 12 5/8 x 7 7/8.
Large paper copy.
Dedicatory Epistle to His Royal Highness, (Charles II) signed Mary D'Avenant.
Includes: "The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sr. William D'Avenant's preface before Gondibert" and "Coelum Britannicum" by Thomas Carew.

Binding: 
Old calf with unidentified arms stamped in gold on both covers; in brown case.
Provenance: 
Unidentified arms on covers; ex libris of E.M. Cox with his autograph notes dated June 4, 1912 on inside of lower cover.
Department: