Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625). Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. London: J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679.

Folio (368 x 229 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, head-piece. (Lacking frontispiece, title-page remargined; title, A1-A2 detached with cover, marginal chipping to first few leaves, spotting or toning throughout.) Contemporary calf (upper cover detached, lower joint split and reattached at hinge, spine chipped and worn). Provenance: William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768-1854), British army officer and politician (inscription on remargined title-page: "This book belongs to Lord Beauford's Library at Bedgebury Park"); Alexander Beresford Hope (1820-1887), step-son of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (signature on front pastedown). The Beresford Hope library was sold at auction in London by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 23 March 1882, 8 June 1888, and 27 July 1892.

Second folio edition, providing eighteen plays that did not appear in the first collected edition. ESTC R13766; Greg III, 1018; Pforzheimer 54; Wing B1582.

Appointed commander of the Portuguese Army in 1809, William Carr Beresford undertook its extensive reorganization and helped transform it into an effective force capable of serving alongside British troops against Napoleon. Beresford commanded Allied forces at the Battle of Albuera in 1811 and participated in the major campaigns that ultimately drove the French from the Iberian Peninsula. In recognition of his services, he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Beresford in 1823. Lord Beresford had no heirs, and upon his death the barony and viscountcy became extinct.

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Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625). Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. London: J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625). Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. London: J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679.

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