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Title The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher. |
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Published, Date J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, London1750. |
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Description 10 volumes. 8vo (13 x 20.5cm), vol. I with engraved portraits of the authors; contemporary calf, covers with double gilt roll, spines in six compartments, red and green morocco labels, gilt foliage device, gilt raised bands, some light wear to extremities. A very attractive set. Provenance: Earl of Clanricarde (armorial bookplate); neat ownership signature to front pastedown, French bookplate to rear pastedown. |
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Note English Jacobean dramatists Beaumont and Fletcher famously collaborated from about 1606 to 1616. The exact number of plays they co-wrote is unknown, although not thought to exceed fifteen, of which the best known are Phylaster, The Maides Tragedy, and A King and No King. |
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