S[harpe] (L[ewis]) The Noble Stranger. As it was Acted at the Private House in Salisbury Court, by her Majesties Servants, first edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials and head-pieces, lacking initial blank, some staining to title, occasional browning, 20th century morocco-backed boards, [Pforzheimer 920; STC 22311], small 4to, by J. O. for James Becket, and are to be sold at his shop at the Inner Temple gate, in Fleet-streete, 1640. ⁂ Rare. "It is the author's sole published play and is now chiefly remembered for its references to Shakespeare and Jonson" - Pforzheimer. For example on G4 the line: "Oh, for the book of Venus and Adonis to court my mistris by."
S[harpe] (L[ewis]) The Noble Stranger. As it was Acted at the Private House in Salisbury Court, by her Majesties Servants, first edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials and head-pieces, lacking initial blank, some staining to title, occasional browning, 20th century morocco-backed boards, [Pforzheimer 920; STC 22311], small 4to, by J. O. for James Becket, and are to be sold at his shop at the Inner Temple gate, in Fleet-streete, 1640. ⁂ Rare. "It is the author's sole published play and is now chiefly remembered for its references to Shakespeare and Jonson" - Pforzheimer. For example on G4 the line: "Oh, for the book of Venus and Adonis to court my mistris by."
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