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<dl><dd>Signatures: A-M⁴ (M⁴ blank)</dd>
<dd>Head and tail pieces; decorated initial</dd>
<dd>A dramatic reply to Ben Jonson's Poetaster, a satire on Marston and other rival dramatists</dd>
<dd>A variant has "Printed by E.A. ... " at the beginning of the imprint.</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in early brown calfskin and marbled paper with spine rebacked in brown morocco. Armorial bookplate of William Holgate on front pastedown and that of the Barton Library is present on the rear. Bibliographical inscription in the hand of Thomas Pennant Barton on front pastedown.</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632</dd>
<dd>Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Poetaster</dd></dl></div>
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