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Dame Dobson: or, The cunning woman. : A comedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre. By Edward Ravenscroft, Gent.

Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707, author.; Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, former owner.; Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920, former owner.; Hindmarsh, Joseph, active 1678-1696, bookseller.; Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709. Devineresse.; Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, former owner.
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Title
Dame Dobson: or, The cunning woman. : A comedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre. By Edward Ravenscroft, Gent.
Created/published
London : Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh, bookseller to His Royal Highness, at the Black Bull in Cornhil, 1684.
Description
[4], 71, [1] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707, author.
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, former owner.
Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920, former owner.
Hindmarsh, Joseph, active 1678-1696, bookseller.
Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709. Devineresse.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, former owner.
Note
"An adaption of 'La devineresse; ou Les faux enchantemens', by Thomas Corneille and Jean Donneau de Vizé"--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), R329
Woodward & McManaway, 967
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 830
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R39092
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
R329 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs275. (Disbound.) manuscript note and markings. Trimmed, affecting headlines
Call number
R329 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs1265. Half dark red goatskin with red buckram boards; binding signed by The Atelier Bindery. Each leaf is inlaid. MS note on t.p.: "Collated & Perfect. J.P.K. [i.e. John Philip Kemble] 1798." Trimmed, affecting headlines. Provenance: J. P. Kemble copy; Devonshire Library copy; Huntington duplicate; 1924 Folger purchase from George D. Smith Estate (-see March 28, 1924 letter (lot no. 308) in Smith Folder in Booksellers' Bills and Receipts file on Deck C)