Printer's name cf. ESTC

Preface signed: John Driden

An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William D'Avenant. All editions of the Dryden-D'Avenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some additions and alterations by Thomas Shadwell

Signatures: A-H́þ I℗ø

Title page vignette

ESTC

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)

Woodward & McMananway

Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue

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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy shelved under call no. G.4013.36 halfbound in vellum and marbled papers. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. An early inscription on the title page reads, "Arth[ur] Newcomer." Anattribution of the title to Dryden is inscribed surrounding the vignette on the same page. Many page edges are trimmed closely, resulting in partial losses to signature registration and catchwords

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy shelved under call no. G.4010.8 no.1 quarterbound in brown morocco and papier tourniquet and is the first of four items bound together in a single volume that includes: [1] The tempest, or, The enchanted island [Dryden's adaptation] -- [2]: The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark [1703] / by William Shakespeare -- [3]: Macbeth [1710; D'Avenant's adaptation] -- [4]: Othello, the Moor of Venice [1705] / by W. Shakespear

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