The prologue and epilogue to The history of Bacon in Virginia.
- Title
- The prologue and epilogue to The history of Bacon in Virginia. Written by Mr. Dryden.
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- [London, Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, 1689]
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| Status | Vol/date | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Vol/dateno. 1-11 | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberNCI p.v. 192 no. 1-11 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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- Description
- 4 p.; 28 cm.
- Alternative title
- The history of Bacon in Virginia.
- Subject
- Call number
- NCI p.v. 192, no. 11
- Note
- Caption title.
- Signature: A².
- At end of epilogue: Licens'd, Nov. 20, 1689. J.F. [i.e. J. Fraser. Cf. London. Stationers' Company. A transcript of the register, v. 3]
- Written originally for Thomas Shadwell's play, A true widow, 1679. Later given to Mrs. Aphra Behn for her play, the widdow Ranter, or, The history of Bacon in Virginia (London, J. Knapton, 1690) Cf. Hugh Macdonald's John Dryden, a bibl.; Camb. hist. of Eng. lit., v. 8 p. 457; and Camb. bibl. of Eng. lit.
- The editions of the Works of Mrs. Behn in the Virginia State Library (1871 and 1915) contain the play with a different prologue and epilogue by Dryden.
- Author
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
- Title
- The prologue and epilogue to The history of Bacon in Virginia. Written by Mr. Dryden.
- Imprint
- [London, Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, 1689]
- Local note
- Photostatic reproduction on 4 leaves.
- Added author
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Widow Ranter.
- Wilberforce Eames Collection.
- Added title
- The history of Bacon in Virginia.
- Research call number
- NCI p.v. 192, no. 11