The pleasant comedie of old Fortunatus : as it was plaied before the Queenes Maiestie this Christmas, by the Right Honourable the Earle of Nottingham, Lord High Admirall of England his Seruants.
Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632. author.; Stafford, Simon, active 1596-1626, printer.; Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.; Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.; Pyne, Henry, 1809-1885, former owner.; Bools, W. E., -approximately 1902, former owner.; Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913, former owner.
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Title
The pleasant comedie of old Fortunatus : as it was plaied before the Queenes Maiestie this Christmas, by the Right Honourable the Earle of Nottingham, Lord High Admirall of England his Seruants.
Uniform title
Old Fortunatus
Created/published
London : Printed by S.S. for William Aspley, dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Tygers Head, 1600.
Description
[86] p. ; 18 cm (4to)
Associated name
Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632. author.
Stafford, Simon, active 1596-1626, printer.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.
Pyne, Henry, 1809-1885, former owner.
Bools, W. E., -approximately 1902, former owner.
Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913, former owner.
Stafford, Simon, active 1596-1626, printer.
Aspley, William, -1640, bookseller.
Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.
Pyne, Henry, 1809-1885, former owner.
Bools, W. E., -approximately 1902, former owner.
Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913, former owner.
Note
Anonymous. By Thomas Dekker.
Partly in verse.
Printed by S. Stafford (STC).
Signatures: A-K⁴ L⁴(-L4).
Running title reads: The comedie of olde Fortunatus; The comedie of old Fortunatus.
"Regarding the speculation that E2 was cancelled in unsold copies in early 1601 following the fall of Essex see Review of English studies, III (1952), pp. 365-6"--STC.
Some copies have a printed facsimile of E2. Characteristics: E2r, the 'F' of the catchword falls directly below 'ne' of "sonne" (instead of 'nn'), the second line from bottom reads "done" (not "don") and the line ends with a period (not a comma); and the third and fourth lines from bottom (ending "doe" and "tread") have no ending punctuation (instead of ending with periods.)
Partly in verse.
Printed by S. Stafford (STC).
Signatures: A-K⁴ L⁴(-L4).
Running title reads: The comedie of olde Fortunatus; The comedie of old Fortunatus.
"Regarding the speculation that E2 was cancelled in unsold copies in early 1601 following the fall of Essex see Review of English studies, III (1952), pp. 365-6"--STC.
Some copies have a printed facsimile of E2. Characteristics: E2r, the 'F' of the catchword falls directly below 'ne' of "sonne" (instead of 'nn'), the second line from bottom reads "done" (not "don") and the line ends with a period (not a comma); and the third and fourth lines from bottom (ending "doe" and "tread") have no ending punctuation (instead of ending with periods.)
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 84)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 6517
English short title catalogue, S105256
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 162
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 277
English short title catalogue, S105256
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 162
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 277
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 6517
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 6517
Folger-specific note
E2 present in printed facsimile; vertical chainlines. Manuscript bibliographical notes on front and back endpapers. Inscriptions on front free endpaper: "J. Mitford. June 1821" and "1886 from Henry Pyne Library." Bound in polished calf with blind filleting and gold lettering on spine; 19th century? Sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (1903 June 22-27: lot 4954) from the estate of W.E. Bools of Enderby House, Clapham, to "Hazlitt, £31."
Folger accession
cs224