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Sir Thomas Overbury his Wife. With additions of new characters, and many other witty conceits never before printed.

Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613, author.; Webster, John, 1580?-1625?; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Britwell Library, former owner.
1638
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Title
Sir Thomas Overbury his Wife. With additions of new characters, and many other witty conceits never before printed.
Uniform title
Wife now a widowe
Edition
The sixteenth impression.
Created/published
London : Printed by Iohn Haviland, for A. Crooke, and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1638.
Description
[320] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613, author.
Webster, John, 1580?-1625?
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
Originally published in 1614 as: A wife now a widowe.

Includes 32 characters written by John Webster.

Partly in verse.

Signatures: A-V⁸.
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.) (STC), 18919
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S113550
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 18919
Folger-specific note
HH156/22. Pencilled manuscript bibliographical note of Bernard Quaritch. On back paste-down: "Bookes printed or sold by William Leake ...". Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper of Major Wagstaffe?; inscribed on t.p.: Hen. Osborn; Britwell Court - Harmsworth copy

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