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The conquest of Granada by the Spaniards : in two parts : acted at the Theater-Royall

Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Herringman, Henry, -1704, bookseller, Newcomb, Thomas, -1681 or 1682, printer, Gybbon, Phillips, 1678-1762, former owner, Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner · 1672 · [London] In the Savoy : Printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange · 6 pictures

John Dryden's 1672 play The Conquest of Granada, printed in London at the Savoy by Thomas Newcomb for the bookseller Henry Herringman, and performed at the Theater Royal. Its pictures are printer's ornaments: dense woodcut strapwork, vases of flowers, scrolled borders, and a decorative initial H, offering a designer a catalogue of Restoration-era typographic ornament to adapt for borders, dividers and drop caps.

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