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1659	Davenant, William	1 Sir Francis Drake
Reference Information DEEP #: 1170 Greg #: 798a STC/Wing #: D327 Record Type: Single-Play Playbook Play Type: Adult Professional Genre (Annals): Pseudo-History Book Edition: 1 Play Edition: 1 Format: Quarto Leaves: 20 Date of First Publication: 1659 Date of First Production: 1658 [1658-1659] Company of First Production: Davenant's Opera Company Company Attribution: n/a Total Editions: 1 quarto Title-Page Features Title: THE HISTORY OF S^r Francis Drake. ... The First Part. Author: Performance: Exprest by Instrumentall and Vocall Musick, and by Art of Perspective in Scenes, &c. ... Represented daily at the Cockpit in Drury-Lane at Three Afternoon Punctually. Imprint: LONDON, Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his shop at the Anchor in the Lower walk in the New Exchange. 1659. Paratextual Material Other Paratexts: "The Discription of the Frontispiece" [A2r] Stationer Information Printer: [unknown] Publisher: Herringman, Henry Imprint Location: X.10 (Westminster - Britain's Burse) Entries in Stationers' Register: Jan 20, 1659: Entered to Henry Herringman: "a booke called The History of S^r Francis Drake Exprest by Instrumentall & Vocall Musick by Art of Perspective in Scenes &c y^e ffirst parte by S^r Will: Davenant."

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