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<dl><dd>Title page: 1. Their antiquity, 2. Their ancient dignity, 3. The true use of their quality</dd>
<dd>Published in 1658 under title: The actors vindication</dd>
<dd>Heywood's note at the end praises Nicholas Okes and casts aspersions on William Jaggard's piracy of Heywood's own works</dd>
<dd>Signatures: Áþ áþ B-Ǵþ</dd>
<dd>Title within woodcut, architectural border; head- and tailpieces; initials</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd>
<dd>Pforzheimer</dd>
<dd>STC (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in 19th-century green morocco panelled in gilt with the title likewise stamped along the spine. The armorial bookplate of Charles Mathews, showing an ibis within an escutcheon, is present on the front pastedown and that of the Barton Library is present on the rear</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Actors; Theater</div>
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<dl><dd>Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641</dd>
<dd>Okes, Nicholas, printer</dd>
<dd>Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878, former owner</dd>
<dd>Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner</dd></dl></div>
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