JONSON, Ben (1573?-1637). The Workes. [ The Workes... The second Volume. ] London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, 1640 [London: for Richard Meighen, 1640]. 2 volumes, 2° (281 x 180mm). Engraved portrait of the author by Ro. Vaughan and title by William Hole in vol.I. (Vol.I: titles and portrait detached; rust-holes in E4, H4, H5, I1, I2, Q3; section of outer blank margin of 2I4 torn away; worm-tracks to outer blank margins of 2C1-2K6 and 3I3-T6. Vol.II: rust-holes in 2H3 and B1; lower outer blank corner of H2 torn away.) Early-19th-century calf (worn). Provenance : note of purchase 'London, April 21. 1770 bought of Mr. Bell at the upper end of Scakville Street'; Robert Jebb (ownership inscription. dated nov. 1829). Second edition of vol.I, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of vol.II. "The second volume in its generally accepted form is really a combination of Volumes II and III. The three plays, Bartholemew Fayre, The Divell is an Asse , and The Staple of Newes were printed and published in 1631, and this is the real Volume II. After Jonson's death in 1637, the remaider of his works were edited by... Sir Kenelm Digby, and published together with the before-mentioned plays in 1640-1. The original title of 1631, but dated 1640, was utilized, and is the general title for this volume complete." H.L.Ford Collation of the Ben Jonson Folios , (Oxford, 1932) p.17. Volume II is here bound unconventionally with the The Staple of Newes preceding The Divell is an Asse and The Magnetick Lady, A Tale of a Tub and The Sad Shepherd bound at the end. Ford op.cit. ; Greg pp.1073-1077, 1079 ('vol.III'); Pforzheimer 560 (for vol.II only, here bibliographically divided into vols. II and 'III'); STC 14753 & 14754. (2)
JONSON, Ben (1573?-1637). The Workes. [ The Workes... The second Volume. ] London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, 1640 [London: for Richard Meighen, 1640]. 2 volumes, 2° (281 x 180mm). Engraved portrait of the author by Ro. Vaughan and title by William Hole in vol.I. (Vol.I: titles and portrait detached; rust-holes in E4, H4, H5, I1, I2, Q3; section of outer blank margin of 2I4 torn away; worm-tracks to outer blank margins of 2C1-2K6 and 3I3-T6. Vol.II: rust-holes in 2H3 and B1; lower outer blank corner of H2 torn away.) Early-19th-century calf (worn). Provenance : note of purchase 'London, April 21. 1770 bought of Mr. Bell at the upper end of Scakville Street'; Robert Jebb (ownership inscription. dated nov. 1829). Second edition of vol.I, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of vol.II. "The second volume in its generally accepted form is really a combination of Volumes II and III. The three plays, Bartholemew Fayre, The Divell is an Asse , and The Staple of Newes were printed and published in 1631, and this is the real Volume II. After Jonson's death in 1637, the remaider of his works were edited by... Sir Kenelm Digby, and published together with the before-mentioned plays in 1640-1. The original title of 1631, but dated 1640, was utilized, and is the general title for this volume complete." H.L.Ford Collation of the Ben Jonson Folios , (Oxford, 1932) p.17. Volume II is here bound unconventionally with the The Staple of Newes preceding The Divell is an Asse and The Magnetick Lady, A Tale of a Tub and The Sad Shepherd bound at the end. Ford op.cit. ; Greg pp.1073-1077, 1079 ('vol.III'); Pforzheimer 560 (for vol.II only, here bibliographically divided into vols. II and 'III'); STC 14753 & 14754. (2)
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