Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding : acted at the Globe, and Blackfriers by His Majesties Servants

Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616, Fletcher, John, 1579-1625, author, Jones, William, -1643, printer, Hawkins, Richard, -1637?, bookseller, Allston, Mary, autographer, Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner, British Library, former owner · 1634 · London : Printed by VV[illiam]. J[ones]. for Richard Hawkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery-lane, adjoyning to Sarjeants Inne gate · 3 pictures

A 1634 London edition of Beaumont and Fletcher's play Philaster, printed by William Jones for the bookseller Richard Hawkins and sold at his Chancery-lane shop, a playtext of the Globe and Blackfriars companies. The three pictures are printer's ornaments: a large decorated initial letter in woodcut strapwork, a foliate border strip, and a heraldic boar's-head crest with a motto banner, which together suggest how Jacobean typographic furniture was built from reusable blocks a designer could adapt for initials, rules and armorial marks.

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