Buy this book on-line SHAKESPEARE, William : THE LONDON PRODGAL. A Comedy[For Jacob Tonson, London], 1709
Octavo. A play from the first Rowe edition of 1709, pages 3009-3061, with frontis; this illustration is of extreme value because of the contemporary costumes. The play is: First edition after the folios. First octavo edition. First illustrated edition. First edition to put the plays into the 5 act format. First manual text. First edition to bear an editor's name. Handsomely bound in recent brown full leather binding, with marbled end papers. Minor browning to text, normal wear to fore-edges and corners of text; gilt title on spine. One of the 7 additional plays, first appearing in the third folio, second issue, of 1664, 6 of which are now rejected by scholars. According to Jaggard, Shakespeare probably "plotted" this play. Jaggard, p. 497. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of SHAKESPEARE, William : THE LONDON PRODGAL. A Comedy. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, libri rari, first editions, fine bindings and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |