Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637). The Workes. London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, 1640.

Volume 1 (of 3), folio (286 x 184 mm). Engraved portrait by Robert Vaughan and engraved title page by William Hole. (Small hole on title not affecting letters, repaired on verso, dampstain to A5-A6, small chip to B2, small marginal wormhole to first half, scattered toning and spotting throughout.) Early English calf (rebacked to style, fore-corners repaired, free endpapers renewed). Provenance: Dunnichen Library (bookplate); notation on front pastedown; contemporary underlining throughout.

SECOND EDITION. The first volume, printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections; it has sometimes been called "the second edition of the first folio." The second and third volumes were printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641. As a dramatist, Jonson was second only to his contemporary and friend, William Shakespeare, who appeared in at least 2 of Jonson's plays. "Will. Shakespeare" is listed in the cast of "principall Comedians" of the 1598 first performance of "Every Man His Humour" (vol. 1 p.4) and as one of the "principall Tragedians" in the 1603 first performance of "Sejanus" (vol. 1, p.315). ESTC S112456; STC 14753.

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Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637). The Workes. London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, 1640.

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

Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637). The Workes. London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, 1640.

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