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Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637) The Works of Ben Johnson, Which were formerly Printed in Two Volumes, are now Reprinted in One. To which is added a Comedy called the New Inn.
London: Printed by Thomas Hodgkin, for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R. Chiswell, M. Wotton & G. Conyers, 1692.
Folio, first collected edition, engraved frontispiece portrait of Jonson bound opposite the title; bound in full contemporary calf, rebacked with a nicely gilt-tooled spine and label; ex libris English poet and dramatist John Drinkwater (1882-1937), with his inscription dated 1920 on ffep; paper flaw in Cc2 affecting a word or two on each side; a fresh unwashed copy with original margins; 14 1/2 x 9 in.
