Shelfmark
Go.4.02(01)
Main entry--uniform title
N-Town plays.
Title
Ludus Coventriae. A collection of mysteries, formerly represented at Coventry on the feast of Corpus Christi. Edited by James Orchard Halliwell, Esq. ... .
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Ludus Coventriæ
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for the Shakespeare Society., 1841..
Physical description
xvi, 434 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (facsim.) ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Series statement
(Shakespeare Society. Publications)
Note
Title page verso and last page: "London: F. Shoberl, Jun., 51, Rupert Street, Haymarket, printer to H.R.H. Prince Albert".
Note
Includes explanatory notes, corrigenda, and a glossary.
Note
Signatures: [A]-2E⁸ 2F² (-2F2).
With note
Issued with other works, shelfmarks: Go.4.02(02)-(03).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library with label of Macmillan Fund and date "May 1899" on front pastedown.
Binding
19th-century red morocco over millboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets and roll to form a border; gilt panel with gilt tools at the corners; gilt fillets on board-edges and gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools, titling ("Shakespeare Society 2"; "Coventry mysteries. Wit & Wisdom. Wit & Science."; "Lond. 1841."). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
Subject
English drama To 1500.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Shoberl, Frederic, 1775 - 1853 printer.
Added entry--name
Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
enm
Identifier
B50977