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<dl><dd>Partly in verse</dd>
<dd>Printers' names from STC</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A² B-I⁴ K².</dd>
<dd>Head- and tailpieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Running title reads: The witty faire one</dd>
<dd>STC (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Greg</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue</dd>
<dd>Cataloged</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy halfbound in early red painted leather and green paper. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. Autograph of Thomas Jolley on front flyleaf recto. Title page inscription: "By James Shirley her Majesties Servant." Inscriptions and drawings on title page verso, including the name "Anthony Winsor." Ca. 17th-century inscription on K2 comprised of the first stanza from a 1692 broadside ballad titled "The Distracted French King" (English Ballad Broadside Archive no. 22201).</dd></dl><br>Subjects: English drama; English drama (Comedy)</div>
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<dl><dd>Shirley, James, 1596-1666</dd>
<dd>Alsop, Bernard, printer</dd>
<dd>Fawcett, Thomas, active 1621-1643, printer</dd>
<dd>Cooke, William, active 1632-1642, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Jolley, Thomas, former owner</dd>
<dd>Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner</dd></dl></div>
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