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FLETCHER, John (1579-1625). Wit Without Money. A Comedie, As it has beene Presented with good Applause at the private house in Drurie Lane, by her Majesties Servants. Written by Francis Beamount and John Flecher. London: Thomas Cotes for Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, 1639.
Small 4o (177 x 132 mm). 32 leaves. (Title with old paper repair at extreme inner margin, some browning and soiling.) Late 19th-century quarter morocco; quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Ross Winans (bookplate) -- Mr. Dobell (note on rear pastedown from:) -- F. Grant (note and bookplate) -- Louis H. Silver (morocco bookplate) sold in the sale of Newberry Library duplicates from the Silver accession, Sotheby's, London, 8 November 1965, lot 116 -- purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 20 January 1969.
FIRST EDITION, with the spelling "Beamount" on title-page. "There are said to be copies in which the spelling of Beaumont's name on the title has been corrected, but if so, they are apparently very rare for among the dozen copies which we have seen not one is so altered" (Pforzheimer). The play was most likely written in 1614 by Fletcher alone, despite the attribution on the title-page and in early play lists. SCARCE: the last copy to appear at auction was at Christie's, London, on 30 January 1980. Ashley I, 26; Greg 563(a); Pforzheimer 374; STC 1691.
Small 4o (177 x 132 mm). 32 leaves. (Title with old paper repair at extreme inner margin, some browning and soiling.) Late 19th-century quarter morocco; quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Ross Winans (bookplate) -- Mr. Dobell (note on rear pastedown from:) -- F. Grant (note and bookplate) -- Louis H. Silver (morocco bookplate) sold in the sale of Newberry Library duplicates from the Silver accession, Sotheby's, London, 8 November 1965, lot 116 -- purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 20 January 1969.
FIRST EDITION, with the spelling "Beamount" on title-page. "There are said to be copies in which the spelling of Beaumont's name on the title has been corrected, but if so, they are apparently very rare for among the dozen copies which we have seen not one is so altered" (Pforzheimer). The play was most likely written in 1614 by Fletcher alone, despite the attribution on the title-page and in early play lists. SCARCE: the last copy to appear at auction was at Christie's, London, on 30 January 1980. Ashley I, 26; Greg 563(a); Pforzheimer 374; STC 1691.