| 1631 | Mabbe, James; Rojas, Fernando de | The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) | |
Reference InformationDEEP #:
762
Greg #: 439a(i*)
STC/Wing #: 4911.2
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Closet Translation
Genre (Annals): Romance
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Folio
Leaves: 110
Date of First Publication: 1631
Date of First Production: 1631
Company of First Production: n/a
Company Attribution: n/a
Total Editions: 1 folio (bibliographically independent and in collection)
Variants: There are three issues of this edition: the imprint for Greg 439a(i*) lists Mabbe as bookseller, while Greg 439a(i†) lists Allot as bookseller and gives the location of his bookshop. Copies of Greg 439a(i†) were also issued unchanged as the second part of a collection with The Rogue in 1634 [Greg 439a(ii)]. See also Greg 439a(i†)
Title-Page FeaturesTitle: THE SPANISH BAWD, REPRESENTED JN CELESTINA: OR, The Tragicke-Comedy of CALISTO and MELIBEA. Wherein is contained, besides the pleasantnesse and sweetenesse of the stile, many Philosophicall Sentences, and profitable Instructions necessary for the younger sort: Shewing the deceits and subtilties housed in the bosomes of false seruants, and Cunny-catching Bawds.
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Imprint: LONDON Printed by J. B. And are to be sold by RALPH MABBE. 1631.
Paratextual MaterialDedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" to: Thomas Richardson (judge); from: "Don diego Peude-ser" (James Mabbe) [A3r]
To the Reader: "To the Reader" (verses) [2C5v]
Argument: "The Argument" [B1r]
Character List: "The Actors in this Tragick-Comedy" [A8v]
Errata: "Errata" [A8v]
Stationer InformationPrinter: Beale, John
Bookseller: Mab, Ralph
Entries in Stationers' Register: Feb 27, 1630: Entered to Ralph Mab: "A play Called The Spannish Bawde."
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