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Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) & John Fletcher (1579-1625) The Knight of the Burning Pestle.
London: by N[icholas] O[kes] for I. S[pencer?], 1635 [i.e. circa 1661].
Quarto, falsely dated third edition, with Beaumont's name spelled "Beamount" on title page, lacking preliminary blank A1; bound in full modern calf, ex libris Edgar F. Leo, with leather book label inside front board; slight paper flaw to title resulting in a thin spot, marginal darkening to title margins, inked numbers in bottom left corner, deckle edges, blank verso of final leaf slightly toned; purchased from Seven Gables in 1967; 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.
STC 1675a; Greg I 316 (c); Pforzheimer 49; ESTC S101209.
The play is a satire on chivalric romances similar to Cervantes's Don Quixote, and a parody of Heywood's The Four Prentices of London, and Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday. It also breaks the fourth wall and was most likely written for child actors working at Blackfriars Theatre.
