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Fletcher, John (1579-1625) Rule a Wife And Have a Wife. A Comoedy.
Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University, 1640.
First edition, quarto, a large copy with deckle edges, blank upper corners of A2 & I2 torn away without touching text; tiny hole in E2 affecting a few letters; bound in half morocco; purchased from Seven Gables in 1968; 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
STC 11073; Greg II 598 (a); Madan I, page 220; Pforzheimer 372; ESTC S102374.
According to the ESTC, the minor plot in Fletcher's Rule a Wife is taken from "El Casamiento Engañoso," by Cervantes.
