A select collection of old plays. In twelve volumes. Vol IX. A new edition

The outer archives are busy

by Robert Dodsley (ed.), Isaac Reed (ed.), Octavius Gilchrist (ed.)

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Ninth of 12 volumes in 8vo. pp. [2], f. [1], pp. 412. Half calf. Third edition of this selection of early modern English plays, edited by John Payne Collier. Four plays included in earlier editions are omitted, and replaced by others. Content: Summer's last will and testament / Thomas Nash. Microcosmus / Thomas Nabbes. The Muse's looking-glass / Thomas Randolph. The city-match / Jasper Mayne. The Queen of Arragon / William Habington. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.

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