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1647	Beaumont, Francis; Fletcher, John	Comedies and Tragedies
Reference Information DEEP #: 5143 Greg #: n/a STC/Wing #: B1581 Record Type: Collection Play Type: Collection of Adult Professional and Nonprofessional Plays Genre (Annals): n/a Book Edition: 1 Play Edition: n/a Format: Folio Leaves: 441 Date of First Publication: 1647 Date of First Production: n/a Company of First Production: n/a Company Attribution: n/a Total Editions: 1 folio Collection contains: The Mad Lover; The Spanish Curate; The Little French Lawyer; The Custom of the Country; The Noble Gentleman; The Captain; Beggars' Bush; The Coxcomb; The False One; The Chances; The Loyal Subject; The Laws of Candy; The Wandering Lovers (The Lovers' Progress) (Cleander); The Island Princess; The Humorous Lieutenant (Generous Enemies, Demetrius and Enanthe) (The Noble Enemy); The Nice Valor, or The Passionate Madman; The Maid in the Mill; The Prophetess; Bonduca; The Sea Voyage; The Double Marriage; The Pilgrim; The Knight of Malta; The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed; Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid; The Honest Man's Fortune; The Queen of Corinth; Women Pleased; A Wife for a Month; Wit at Several Weapons; Valentinian; The Fair Maid of the Inn; Love's Pilgrimage; The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn; Four Plays, or Moral Representations, in One Title-Page Features Title: COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES Author: Written by { FRANCIS BEAVMONT \| AND \| IOHN FLETCHER } Gentlemen. Performance: Latin Motto: Si quid habent veri Vatum præsagia, vivam. Illustration: Engraved portrait on frontispiece, inscribed "Poetarum ingeniosissimus Ioannes Fletcherus Anglus, Episcopi Lond: Fili[us] Obijt 1625 Ætat: 49.", signed "Guliel[mus] Marshall Fecit" [π1v] Imprint: Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originall Copies. ... LONDON, Printed for Humphrey Robinson, at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in S^t Pauls Church-yard. 1647. Paratextual Material Dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatorie" to: Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery and 4th Earl of Pembroke; from: John Lowin; Joseph Taylor; Richard Robinson; Robert Benfield; Eyllaerdt Swanston; Thomas Pollard; Hugh Clark; William Allen; Stephen Hammerton; and Theophilus Bird (actors) [A2r] Commendatory Verses: 37: "To the Stationer" signed "Grandison"; by "H. Howard"; "Henry Mody"; "Thomas Peyton"; "Aston Cokaine"; "Jo. Pettus"; "Robert Stapylton"; "George Lisle"; "I. Denham"; "Edw. Waller"; "Rich. Lovelace"; "Wil. Habington"; "Ia. Howell"; "Tho. Stanley"; "Roger L'Estrange"; "Robert Gardiner"; "John Web"; "George Buck"; "Joh. Earle"; "I. M."; "Jasper Maine"; "William Cartwright" (2); "Rich. Corbet"; "Ben. Johnson"; "Rob. Herrick"; "I. Berhenhead"; "Edw. Powell"; "G. Hills"; "Jos. Howe"; "T. Palmer"; "Alex. Brome"; "John Harris"; "Henry Harington"; "Ric. Brome"; "Ja. Shirley" [a1r]; "The Stationer" signed "H. Moseley" [g2r] To the Reader: "To the Reader" signed "Ja. Shirley" [A3r]; "The Stationer to the Readers" signed "Humphrey Moseley" [A4r]; "Postcript" [sic] [g2r] Other Paratexts: "A Catalogue of all the Comedies and Tragedies Contained in this Booke" [g2v] Stationer Information Printer: Raworth, Ruth; Warren, Thomas (1); White, Robert (1); Islip, Susan; Griffin, Edward (2); Macock, John Publisher: Moseley, Humphrey; Robinson, Humphrey Imprint Location: A.3 (Paul's Churchyard - Northeast); A.2 (Paul's Churchyard - Great North Door) Entries in Stationers' Register: None