Shelfmark
Gn.5.11(01)
Author
Uniform title
[Epicoene]
Title
Epicoene, or, The silent woman. A comedy. First acted in the Year 1609. By the children of Her Majesty's Revels. With the allowance of the master of Revels. By Ben. Johnson..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Silent Woman
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed and sold by H. Hills, in Blackfryars, near the Water-side. , [1710?]
Physical description
102, [2] p. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Note
Signatures: A-D¹², E⁴, with catchwords.
Note
Date of publication suggested by ESTC.
Note
Printed quote on title page: "Ut sis tu similis Cælîs, Byrrhique latronum, / Non ego sim Caprî, neque Sulcî. Cur metuas me? Horat."
With note
Issued with four other items, shelfmarks Gn.5.11(02)-(05): (2) Volpone; (3) Catiline; (4) The Alchemist; (5) History of Timon of Athens.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T31273
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of "Henry C. Compton Esqr. Manor House Lyndhurst" on front pastedown.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Scrope Berdmore (1744-1814), Warden (head) of Merton College, Oxford on rear pastedown.
Binding
18th-century partially speckled brown ?sheepskin over pasteboard. Covers decorated with blind double fillets as well as as rolls and tools in a diced panel. Spine with four raised bands; gilt titling over red label ("Johnson plays", now almost completely faded). Textblock rounded and sprinkled red. Pastedowns of laid undecorated paper; no flyleaves.
Copy-specific note
Ms. modern note on front pastedown. Compton's bookplate glued over it.
Subject
English drama (Comedy) 17th century.
Genre/Form
Comedies.
Added entry--name
Hills, Henry, ? - -1710 printer bookseller.
Added entry--name
Berdmore, Scrope former owner.
Added entry--name
Compton, Henry, 1632 - 1713 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50849