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The counterfeit bridegroom, or, The defeated widow : a comedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre

by: Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689, attributed name; Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, attributed name; Middleton, Thomas, -1627. No wit, help like a woman's; Curtis, Langley, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; Smith, Millisent, autographer

Publication date: 1677

Publisher: London : Printed for Langley Curtiss in Goat-Court upon Ludgate-Hill

Collection: bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

"Licensed Octob. 4th. 1677. Roger L'Estrange."--Title page

An adaptation, with some new scenes and changed names, of: Middleton, Thomas. No wit, help like a woman's; attributed to Aphra Behn and to Thomas Betterton. Consult: Genest's Account of the English stage, v. 1, p. 212-213; A. Nicoll's History of restoration drama, 1660-1700, p. 247

With final epilogue leaf

Signatures: A² B-H⁴ I²

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection

Carl H. Pforzheimer Library

English short title catalogue

Cataloged

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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in brown goatskin and marbled papers. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. Bibliographic inscription in T.P. Barton's hand on front free endpaper recto. Inscribed at head of A2 recto: "Millisent Smith."

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No copyright statement found in the original copy.

Addeddate: 2018-05-03 13:05:14

Associated-names: Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689, attributed name; Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, attributed name; Middleton, Thomas, -1627. No wit, help like a woman's; Curtis, Langley, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; Smith, Millisent, autographer